,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bacf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #af1 
#bjag ,mr4 ,whitehouse 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,kaine7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to expand the monthly payments 
that may be eligible for public service 
loan forgiveness4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,pslf   
,technical ,corrections ,act4  #b4      
,amendment to the ,higher ,education    
,act of #aife ,section #dee7m7 of the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7m77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating paragraphs 7#b7 through
 7#d7 as paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#e71  
respectively2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 
7,a7 in the matter preceding            
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking paragraph
 7#b7 and inserting paragraph 7#c72 and 
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 in      
clause 7ii71 by inserting or after the  

semicolon2  7ii7 by striking clause     
7iii72 and  7iii7 by redesignating      
clause 7iv7 as clause 7iii72  7#c7 by   
inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the      
following3  7#b7 ,comparable payments   
7,a7 ,in ,general ,in addition to       
canceling the balance of interest and   
principal due for a borrower described  
in paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall 
also cancel the balance of interest and 
principal due1 in accordance with       
paragraph 7#c71 on any eligible ,federal
 ,direct ,loan not in default for a     
borrower who--  7i7 is in a repayment   
plan based on income under subsection   
7e7 or section #dic;,c at the time that 
borrower applies for loan forgiveness   
under this subsection2  7ii7 has made   
#abj-- 7,i7 qualifying monthly payments1
 as defined in subparagraph 7,b77i71 on 
the eligible ,federal ,direct ,loan     
after ,october #a1 #bjjg2  7,,ii7       
qualifying monthly payments1 as defined 
in subparagraph 7,b77ii71 on the        
eligible ,federal ,direct ,loan after   

,october #a1 #bjjg2 or  7,,iii7 total   
monthly payments that qualify for loan  
forgiveness under this subsection1 which
 may include any combination of payments
 that otherwise qualify under paragraph 
7#a71 qualifying monthly payments       
described in subclause 7,i71 or         
qualifying monthly payments described in
 subclause 7,,ii72  7iii7 is employed in
 a public service job at the time of    
such forgiveness2 and  7iv7 has been    
employed in a public service job during 
the period in which the borrower makes  
each of the #abj payments described in  
clause 7ii74  7,b7 ,qualifying monthly  
payment ,in this paragraph1 the term    
qualifying monthly payment means-- 7i7  
7,i7 an initial monthly payment that    
was--  7aa7 made under any repayment    
plan that is not described in clause    
7i71 7ii71 or 7iii7 of paragraph        
7#a77;,a72 and  7bb7 of an amount that  
is not less than-- 7,,aa7 the monthly   
amount that the borrower is required to 
pay in the repayment plan based on      

income described in subparagraph        
7,a77i72 or 7,,bb7 the monthly amount   
that the borrower would have been       
required to pay if the borrower had     
entered a repayment plan based on income
 under subsection 7e7 or section #dic;,c
 at the time the borrower entered the   
repayment plan described in item 7aa72  
and  7,,ii7 every subsequent monthly    
payment that the borrower made after the
 initial payment described in subclause 
7,i7 and before the borrower entered the
 repayment plan based on income         
described in subparagraph 7,a77i72 or   
7ii7 a monthly payment certified through
 the extended review process described  
in subparagraph 7,c74  7,c7 ,qualifying 
monthly payment through extended review 
7i7 ,in ,general ,a borrower who has not
 made #abj qualifying monthly payments1 
as defined in subparagraph 7,b77i71 may 
request that the ,secretary complete an 
extended review of the borrower's       
repayment history4  7ii7 ,extended      
review ,if the ,secretary receives a    

request for an extended review described
 in clause 7i71 the ,secretary shall--  
7,i7 for each month of past payments    
made under a plan that is not described 
in clause 7i71 7ii71 or 7iii7 of        
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 after ,october #a1  
#bjjg1 determine the amount that the    
borrower would have been required to pay
 in that month 7based on the borrower's 
income in that year or month7 if the    
borrower had been on the repayment plan 
based on income described in            
subparagraph 7,a77i7 in that month2 and 
7,,ii7 certify as a qualifying monthly  
payment1 any month for which the payment
 the borrower actually made in that     
month was not less than the amount of   
the payment calculated under subclause  
7,i7 for that month4  2 and  7#d7 in    
paragraph 7#c71 as redesignated by      
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting or         
paragraph 7#b71 as the case may be after
 paragraph 7#a74