#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ceih  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
automatically discharge the loans of    
certain veteran borrowers1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,federally          
,requiring ,earned ,education-debt      
,discharges for ,vets ,act or the       
,,freed ,vets ,act4  #b4 ,automatic loan
 discharge for certain veteran borrowers
 ,section #dcg7;a7 of the ,higher       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhg7;a77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
striking paragraph 7#b7 and inserting   
the following3  7#b7 ,disability        
determinations ,with respect to a       
borrower who has been identified under  
clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of paragraph         
7#d77;,a71 the ,secretary shall--  7,a7 
consider the borrower permanently and   
totally disabled for the purpose of     
discharging the loans of the borrower   
under this subsection2  7,b7 7i7 notify 
the borrower of the intent of the       

,secretary to discharge the loans of the
 borrower under this subsection2 and    
7ii7 only if section #ajh7;f77#e7 of the
 ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf does 
not apply to such a loan discharge for  
the calendar year1 include as part of   
such notice a statement informing the   
borrower that such loan discharge may be
 includible in the gross income of the  
borrower for purposes of such ,code2    
7,c7 provide the borrower with an       
opportunity to opt-out of such loan     
discharge during the #fj day period     
beginning on the date on which the      
,secretary transmits the notice required
 under subparagraph 7,b7 to the         
borrower2 and  7,d7 after the expiration
 of such period1 discharge the loans of 
the borrower under this subsection1     
without any further action by the       
borrower 7except that this subparagraph 
shall not apply to a borrower who opts  
out of such discharge under subparagraph
 7,c774  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7#d7 ,matching      

program  7,a7 ,in general ,not less than
 twice per year1 the ,secretary of      
,education and the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs shall carry out a    
computer matching program under which   
the ,secretary of ,education identifies 
a borrower-- 7i7 who has been assigned a
 rating of total disability by the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs for a  
service-connected disability 7as defined
 in section #aja of title #ch1 ,united  
,states ,code72 or  7ii7 who has been   
determined by the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs to be unemployable   
due to a service-connected condition4   
7,b7 ,minor discrepancies ,with respect 
to each borrower who would have been    
identified under clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of  
subparagraph 7,a7 but for a minor       
discrepancy between the information of  
the borrower maintained by the          
,secretary of ,education and the        
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs 7such  
as a name discrepancy post-marriage1 a  
missing hyphen1 a transposed number or  

letter1 or other typo71 the ,secretary  
of ,education and the ,secretary of     
,veterans ,affairs shall work together  
to correct such minor discrepancy of    
such borrower4  4  ,passed the ,house of
 ,representatives ,march #aj1           
#bjbj4;,clerk4