[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3216-S3217]
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SA 4212. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 H of title V, add the following:
SEC. 597. DEFERRAL OF STUDENTS LOANS FOR CERTAIN PERIOD IN
CONNECTION WITH RECEIPT OF ORDERS FOR
MOBILIZATION FOR WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
(a) Federal Family Education Loans.--Section 428(b)(1)(M)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M))
is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``,
during any period'';
(2) in clause (i), by striking ``during which'' and
inserting ``during any period during which'';
(3) in clause (ii), by striking ``during which'' and
inserting ``during any period during which'';
(4) in clause (iii)--
(A) by striking ``during which'' and inserting ``during any
period during which''; and
(B) in the matter following subclause (II), by striking
``or'' after the semicolon;
(5) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (vi);
(6) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
``(iv) in the case of any borrower who has received a call
or order to duty described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause
(iii), during the shorter of--
``(I) the period beginning on the date such call or order
to duty is received by the borrower and ending on the first
day of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of
clause (iii); and
``(II) the 180-day period preceding the first day of such
service;
``(v) notwithstanding clause (iv)--
``(I) in the case of any borrower described in such clause
whose call or order to duty is cancelled before the first day
of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause
(iii) because of a personal injury in connection with
training to prepare for such service, during the period
described in clause (iv) and during an additional period
equal to the duration of such service, as specified by or
otherwise determined in the original call or order to duty;
and
``(II) in the case of any borrower whose call or order to
duty is cancelled before the first
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day of such service for a reason other than an injury
described in subclause (I), during the period beginning on
the date the call or order to duty is received by the
borrower and ending on the date that is 14 days after such
call or order to duty is cancelled; and''; and
(7) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by
striking ``not in excess'' and inserting ``during any period
not in excess''.
(b) Direct Loans.--Section 455(f)(2) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)(2)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``during any period'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``during which'' and
inserting ``during any period during which'';
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not in excess'' and
inserting ``during any period not in excess'';
(4) in subparagraph (C)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``during which'' and inserting ``during any period during
which''; and
(B) in the matter following clause (ii), by striking ``or''
after the semicolon;
(5) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (F);
(6) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) in the case of any borrower who has received a call
or order to duty described in clause (i) or (ii) of
subparagraph (C), during the shorter of--
``(i) the period beginning on the date such call or order
to duty is received by the borrower and ending on the first
day of the service described in clause (i) or (ii) of
subparagraph (C); and
``(ii) the 180-day period preceding the first day of such
service;
``(E) notwithstanding subparagraph (D)--
``(i) in the case of any borrower described in such
subparagraph whose call or order to duty is cancelled before
the first day of the service described in clause (i) or (ii)
of subparagraph (C) because of a personal injury in
connection with training to prepare for such service, during
the period described in subparagraph (D) and during an
additional period equal to the duration of such service, as
specified by or otherwise determined in the original call or
order to duty; and
``(ii) in the case of any borrower whose call or order to
duty is cancelled before the first day of such service for a
reason other than an injury described in clause (i), during
the period beginning on the date the call or order to duty is
received by the borrower and ending on the date that is 14
days after such call or order to duty is cancelled; and'';
and
(7) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)),
by striking ``not in excess'' and inserting ``during any
period not in excess''.
(c) Perkins Loans.--Section 464(c)(2)(A) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087dd(c)(2)(A)) is
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``during any period'';
(2) in clause (i), by striking ``during which'' and
inserting ``during any period during which'';
(3) in clause (ii), by striking ``not in excess'' and
inserting ``during any period not in excess'';
(4) in clause (iii), by striking ``during which'' and
inserting ``during any period during which'';
(5) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi)
and (vii), respectively;
(6) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
``(iv) in the case of any borrower who has received a call
or order to duty described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause
(iii), during the shorter of--
``(I) the period beginning on the date such call or order
to duty is received by the borrower and ending on the first
day of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of
clause (iii); and
``(II) the 180-day period preceding the first day of such
service;
``(v) notwithstanding clause (iv)--
``(I) in the case of any borrower described in such clause
whose call or order to duty is cancelled before the first day
of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause
(iii) because of a personal injury in connection with
training to prepare for such service, during the period
described in clause (iv) and during an additional period
equal to the duration of such service, as specified by or
otherwise determined in the original call or order to duty;
and
``(II) in the case of any borrower whose call or order to
duty is cancelled before the first day of such service for a
reason other than an injury described in subclause (I),
during the period beginning on the date the call or order to
duty is received by the borrower and ending on the date that
is 14 days after such call or order to duty is cancelled;'';
(7) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by
striking ``not in excess'' and inserting ``during any period
not in excess''; and
(8) in clause (vii) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by
striking ``during which'' and inserting ``during any period
during which''.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made
by this section shall be construed to authorize any refunding
of any repayment of a loan.
(e) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to all loans made, insured, or
guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
(f) Conforming Amendments.--Title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is further
amended--
(1) in section 428B(d)(1)(A)(ii) (20 U.S.C. 1078-
2(d)(1)(A)(ii)), by striking ``428(b)(1)(M)(i)(I)'' and
inserting ``or clause (i)(I), (iv), or (v) of section
428(b)(1)(M)''; and
(2) in section 493D(a) (20 U.S.C. 1098f(a)), by striking
``section 428(b)(1)(M)(iii), 455(f)(2)(C), or
464(c)(2)(A)(iii)'' and inserting ``clause (iii) or (iv) of
section 428(b)(1)(M), subparagraph (C) or (D) of section
455(f)(2), or clause (iii) or (iv) of section 464(c)(2)(A)''.
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