#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#afge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the   
,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1 #bjag ,mr4
 ,blunt 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4
 ,lankford1 and ,mrs4 ,shaheen7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
promote quality student loan servicing  
by improving the borrower experience for
 borrowers of ,federal ,direct ,loans4  
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,student ,loan ,servicer   
,performance ,accountability ,act4  #b4 
,competition in student loan servicing  
7a7 ,cancellation of solicitations ,the 
,secretary of ,education shall cancel   
the ,department of ,education           
solicitations for the ,federal ,aid     
,servicing ,solution dated ,april #d1   
#bjaf and ,october #bf1 #bjaf1 including
 any amendments to those solicitations  
7,solicitation ,no4                     
,,ed-,,fsa-#ag-,r-#jjja et seq74  7b7   

,competition in student loan servicing  
,section #def of the ,higher ,education 
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;f7 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  7c7 ,competition in student 
loan servicing  7#a7 ,competition ,as of
 the date of enactment of the ,student  
,loan ,servicer ,performance            
,accountability ,act1 in order to       
promote accountability and high-quality 
services to borrowers1 the ,secretary   
shall not issue any contract            
solicitation for a new ,federal student 
loan servicing solution unless such a   
solution--  7,a7 provides for the       
participation of multiple student loan  
servicers that contract directly with   
the ,department of ,education2 and  7,b7
 allocates student loan borrower        
accounts to eligible student loan       
servicers based on performance4  7#b7   
,prohibition ,the ,secretary shall not  
award a contract to a single servicer to
 service all ,federal ,direct ,loans4  4