[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5862]
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  SA 3999. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___.  (a) The Secretary of Defense shall enter into 
     any necessary agreements, including agreements with the 
     Internal Revenue Service and the Secretary of Education, to 
     carry out the activities described in this section.
        (b)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that student 
     loan interest does not accrue for eligible Federal Direct 
     Loans of eligible military borrowers, in accordance with the 
     Federal prohibition on interest accrual for eligible military 
     borrowers under section 455(o) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(o)).
       (2) In this section, the term eligible Federal Direct Loan 
     means a loan made under part D of title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) for which the 
     first disbursement is made on or after October 1, 2008.
       (c) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that an eligible 
     military borrower who qualified for the no accrual of 
     interest benefit under such section 455(o) during any period 
     beginning on or after October 1, 2008, and did not receive 
     the full benefit under such section for which the borrower 
     qualified, is provided compensation in an amount equal to the 
     amount of interest paid by the borrower that would have been 
     subject to that benefit.
       (d) The Secretary of Defense shall obtain or provide any 
     information necessary to implement the activities described 
     in this section without requiring a request from a borrower.
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