118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2949 — Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

“A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.”

Armed forces and national security

Introduced Sep 27, 2023

Last action Sep 17, 2024

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Sep 27, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Sep 27, 2023

Armed Services · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Step 3

Committee

Sep 17, 2024

Step 4

Senate

Step 5

House floor

Step 6

Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees who are eligible for the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment (beginning on October 1, 2007) automatically certified and counted towards the program.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 3 actions

Sep 17, 2024

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Sep 27, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Sep 27, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.