,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,markey introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #cg1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the ,secretary
 of ,defense to ensure that members of  
the ,armed ,forces serving in a combat  
zone automatically receive the education
 benefits to which they are entitled4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,accessing ,military ,education 
,benefits ,act4  #b4 ,department of     
,defense efforts to ensure operation of 
current prohibition on accrual of       
interest on direct student loans of     
members of the ,armed ,forces receiving 
imminent danger pay or hazardous duty   
pay  7a7 ,members receiving imminent    
danger pay ,section #caj of title #cg1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7f7 ,no accrual of student 

loan interest for members serving in    
areas of hostilities ,when a member is  
assigned to duty in an area for which   
special pay is available under          
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of       
,defense shall ensure that1 if the      
member has any direct student loans1 the
 member automatically obtains the       
benefits provided under section #dee7o7 
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7o774 ,the        
,secretary may waive application of this
 subsection if the ,secretary certifies 
that such application may adversely     
impact the national security interests  
of the ,united ,states4  4  7b7 ,members
 receiving hazardous duty pay ,section  
#cea of such title is amended--  7#a7 by
 redesignating subsection 7h7 as        
subsection 7i72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7g7 the following new  
subsection 7h73  7h7 ,no accrual of     
student loan interest for members       
serving in areas of hostilities ,when a 
member is assigned to duty in an area   

for which special pay is available under
 paragraph 7#a7 or 7#c7 of subsection   
7a71 the ,secretary of ,defense shall   
ensure that1 if the member has any      
direct student loans1 the member        
automatically obtains the benefits      
provided under section #dee7o7 of the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7o774 ,the ,secretary  
may waive application of this subsection
 if the ,secretary certifies that such  
application may adversely impact the    
national security interests of the      
,united ,states4  4  7c7 ,implementation
 ,not later than #ij days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,senate and ,house of               
,representatives a plan describing how  
the ,secretary will implement the       
amendments made by this section to      
ensure that members of the ,armed       
,forces automatically obtain the        
benefits provided under section #dee7o7 

of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7o774             
,implementation of the plan shall       
commence not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4