,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjag,mr4 
,chabot 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1   
,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4          
,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,takano1
 and ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife to provide that an individual  
may remain eligible to participate in   
the teacher loan forgiveness program    
under title ,,iv of such ,act if the    
individual's period of consecutive years
 of employment as a full-time teacher is
 interrupted because the individual is  
the spouse of a member of the ,armed    
,forces who is relocated during the     
school year pursuant to military orders 
for a permanent change of duty station1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preserving ,teacher ,loan ,forgiveness 

for ,military ,spouses ,act of #bjag4   
#b4 ,continuing eligibility to          
participate in student loan forgiveness 
or loan cancellation program for        
teachers whose period of consecutive    
employment is interrupted because of    
military orders requiring spouse to     
relocate to new residence  7a7          
,continuing ,eligibility  7#a7 ,part ,b 
,loans ,section #dbh;,j7g7 of the       
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgh-aj7;g77 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#d7 ,continuing eligibility
 for certain military spouses  7,a7 ,in 
general ,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a7 
of subsection 7b71 an individual who is 
employed as a full-time teacher for #e  
complete years which are not consecutive
 years may be eligible for loan         
forgiveness pursuant to such subsection 
if the individual was a qualified       
military spouse with respect to any year
 during which the individual was not    
employed as a full-time teacher4  7,b7  

,qualified military spouse defined ,in  
this paragraph1 the term qualified      
military spouse means1 with respect to a
 year1 an individual who--  7i7 during  
the previous year1 served as a teacher  
in a school or location meeting the     
requirements of subparagraph 7,a7 of    
subsection 7b77#a7 and met the          
requirements of subparagraph 7,b7 of    
subsection 7b77#a72  7ii7 is the spouse 
of a member of the ,armed ,forces who is
 relocated during the year pursuant to  
military orders for a permanent change  
of duty station2  7iii7 did not serve as
 a teacher in a school or location      
meeting the requirements of subparagraph
 7,a7 of subsection 7b77#a7 during the  
year or any portion of the year because 
the individual accompanied the spouse to
 a new residence as a result of such    
military orders2 and  7iv7 during the   
following year1 resumed service as a    
teacher in a school or location meeting 
the requirements of subparagraph 7,a7 of
 subsection 7b77#a7 and met the         

requirements of subparagraph 7,b7 of    
subsection 7b77#a74  7,c7 ,reports to   
,congress ,not later than #ij days after
 the end of the second academic year    
during which this paragraph is in       
effect1 and every #b years thereafter1  
the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress
 a report describing the number of      
individuals who1 as a result of this    
paragraph1 remained eligible for loan   
forgiveness pursuant to subsection 7b7  
during the #b most recent academic      
years4  4  7#b7 ,part ,d ,loans ,section
 #dfj7;g7 of the ,higher ,education ,act
 of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;j7g77 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#d7          
,continuing eligibility for certain     
military spouses  7,a7 ,in general      
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a7 of      
subsection 7b71 an individual who is    
employed as a full-time teacher for #e  
complete years which are not consecutive
 years may be eligible for loan         
cancellation pursuant to such subsection

 if the individual was a qualified      
military spouse with respect to any year
 during which the individual was not    
employed as a full-time teacher4  7,b7  
,qualified military spouse defined ,in  
this paragraph1 the term qualified      
military spouse means1 with respect to a
 year1 an individual who--  7i7 during  
the previous year1 served as a teacher  
in a school or location meeting the     
requirements of subparagraph 7,a7 of    
subsection 7b77#a7 and met the          
requirements of subparagraph 7,b7 of    
subsection 7b77#a72  7ii7 is the spouse 
of a member of the ,armed ,forces who is
 relocated during the year pursuant to  
military orders for a permanent change  
of duty station2  7iii7 did not serve as
 a teacher in a school or location      
meeting the requirements of subparagraph
 7,a7 of subsection 7b77#a7 during the  
year or any portion of the year because 
the individual accompanied the spouse to
 a new residence as a result of such    
military orders2 and  7iv7 during the   

following year1 resumed service as a    
teacher in a school or location meeting 
the requirements of subparagraph 7,a7 of
 subsection 7b77#a7 and met the         
requirements of subparagraph 7,b7 of    
subsection 7b77#a74  7,c7 ,reports to   
,congress ,not later than #ij days after
 the end of the second academic year    
during which this paragraph is in       
effect1 and every #b years thereafter1  
the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress
 a report describing the number of      
individuals who1 as a result of this    
paragraph1 remained eligible for loan   
cancellation pursuant to subsection 7b7 
during the #b most recent academic      
years4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the     
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to individuals who   
first become employed as full-time      
teachers on or after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act4