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HR 2679 115th Congress House Education Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Government information and archives Higher education Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act

Introduced: May 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 25, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the federal student loan discharge process for a veteran who has a total and permanent disability.

Specifically, it directs the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a computer matching program for ED to identify the borrowers who: (1) have been assigned a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the VA, or (2) are unemployable due to a service-connected condition.

ED must notify such borrowers of their eligibility for federal student loan discharge and provide simple instructions for applying.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1