S.Amdt. 593

SA 593. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. __. DATA MATCHING AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.

The Secretary of Defense shall complete a data matching
agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure
that individuals who are current or former active-duty
military service members and are eligible for assistance
under the public service loan forgiveness program under
section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087e(m)) have their certified periods of employment
automatically counted towards the public service loan
forgiveness program.
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