,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjah,mr4   
,babin 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 for interest-free   
deferment on student loans for borrowers
 serving in a medical or dental         
internship or residency program4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,resident ,education ,deferred      
,interest ,act or the ,,redi ,act4  #b4 
,deferment during a medical or dental   
internship or residency program ,section
 #dee7;f7 of the ,higher ,education ,act
 of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7f77 is 
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 in   
the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 
by striking ,a borrower and inserting   
,except as provided in paragraph 7#e71 a
 borrower2  7#b7 in paragraph           
7#b77;,a7--  7,a7 by striking the matter
 following clause 7ii72  7,b7 in clause 

7ii71 by striking the comma at the end  
and inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7iii7 is     
serving in a medical or dental          
internship or residency program2  2 and 
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#e7 ,special rule for certain in     
school deferment ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of this ,act1 a borrower
 described in paragraph 7#b77;,a77iii7  
shall be eligible for a deferent1 during
 which periodic installments of         
principal need not be paid and interest 
shall not accrue on any loan made to the
 borrower under this part4  4