,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecgj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,ruiz introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide student loan forgiveness  
for ,american ,indian educators teaching
 in local educational agencies with a   
high percentage of ,american ,indian    
students4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,american ,indian   
,teacher ,loan ,forgiveness ,act of     
#bjad4  #b4 ,student loan forgiveness   
for ,american ,indian educators teaching
 in local educational agencies with a   
high percentage of ,american ,indian    
students  7a7 ,part ,b loans ,section   
#dbh;,j7c7 of the ,higher ,education    
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajgh-aj7;c77 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  7#d7 ,american  
,indian teachers in local educational   
agencies with a high percentage of      
,american ,indian students              

,notwithstanding the amount specified in
 paragraph 7#a7 and the requirements    
under subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of    
subsection 7b77#a71 the aggregate amount
 that the ,secretary shall repay under  
this section shall be not more than     
#ag1ejj in the case of a borrower who-- 
7,a7 has been employed as a full-time   
teacher for #e consecutive complete     
school years as a teacher in a local    
educational agency described in section 
#gaab7;b7 of the ,elementary and        
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife or  
in a school overseen by the ,bureau of  
,indian ,education of the ,department2  
and  7,b7 is a member of an ,indian     
tribe 7as defined in section #d of the  
,indian ,self-,determination and        
,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        
,u4,s4,c4 #dej;b774  4  7b7 ,part ,d    
loans ,section #dfj7;c7 of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhg;j7c77 is amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7#d7 ,american      
,indian teachers in local educational   

agencies with a high percentage of      
,american ,indian students              
,notwithstanding the amount specified in
 paragraph 7#a7 and the requirements    
under subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of    
subsection 7b77#a71 the aggregate amount
 that the ,secretary shall cancel under 
this section shall be not more than     
#ag1ejj in the case of a borrower who-- 
7,a7 has been employed as a full-time   
teacher for #e consecutive complete     
school years as a teacher in a local    
educational agency described in section 
#gaab7;b7 of the ,elementary and        
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife or  
in a school overseen by the ,bureau of  
,indian ,education of the ,department2  
and  7,b7 is a member of an ,indian     
tribe 7as defined in section #d of the  
,indian ,self-,determination and        
,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        
,u4,s4,c4 #dej;b774  4