,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #degi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #f1 #bjad ,mr4  
,salmon 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,hastings of 
,florida1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 
,garcia1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,hunter1   
,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1
 and ,mr4 ,engel7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,education to verify that 
individuals have made a commitment to   
serve in the ,armed ,forces or in public
 service1 or otherwise are a borrower on
 an eligible loan which has been        
submitted to a guaranty agency for      
default aversion or is already in       
default1 before such individuals obtain 
a consolidation loan for purposes       
specified under section #dee7o7 of the  
,higher ,education ,act of #aife4  #a4  
,required verification ,section #dbh;,c 
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgh-c7 is amended--    

7#a7 in subsection                      
7a77#c77;,b77i77,v77aa71 by inserting   
before the period at the end the        
following3 in a case in which the       
,secretary verifies that the individual 
is currently eligible for income        
contingent repayment or income-based    
repayment and that the loan7s7 in       
question have been submitted to the     
guaranty agency for default aversion or 
if the loan is already in default2  7#b7
 in subsection 7a77#c77;,b77i77,v77bb71 
by inserting before the period at the   
end the following3 in a case in which   
the ,secretary verifies with            
documentation that the individual is1 at
 the time of the application1 employed  
in a public service job1 as that term is
 defined in section #dee7m77#c72  7#c7  
in subsection 7a77#c77;,b77i77,v77cc71  
by inserting before the period at the   
end the following3 in a case in which   
the ,secretary verifies that the        
individual is a member of a regular or  
reserve component of the ,armed ,forces 

by contacting the ,secretary of the     
military department or the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security1 as the case may   
be1 having jurisdiction over the ,armed 
,force in which the individual claims to
 be a member2 and  7#d7 in subsection   
7b77#e71 by inserting after the second  
sentence the following3 ,in addition1   
the ,secretary shall not offer any loans
 offered under this paragraph unless the
 ,secretary has received verification   
described in subsection                 
7a77#c77;,b77i77,v7 7aa7-7cc71 as       
applicable44