[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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