,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjai,mr4 ,perlmutter 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,education to provide a deferment for  
certain student loans of ,federal       
employees subject to a lapse in         
discretionary appropriations1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,student ,loan 
,relief for ,feds ,act4  #b4 ,special   
deferment for ,federal employees during 
lapse in appropriations  7a7 ,special   
deferment ,part ,g of the ,higher       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhh et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #dic;,e4        
,special deferment for ,federal         
employees during lapse in appropriations
  7a7 ,effect on principal and interest 
,a borrower of a loan made1 insured1 or 

guaranteed under part ,b or part ,d1 who
 meets the requirements described in    
subsection 7b7 shall be eligible for a  
deferment1 during which--  7#a7 periodic
 installments of principal need not be  
paid2 and  7#b7 in the case of a--  7,a7
 loan made1 insured1 or guaranteed under
 part ,b1 the ,secretary shall repay any
 interest owed2 and  7,b7 loan made     
under part ,d1 interest shall not       
accrue4  7b7 ,eligibility ,a borrower of
 a loan described in subsection 7a7     
shall be eligible for a deferment       
during-- 7#a7 any period in which such  
borrower is an employee--  7,a7 of a    
,federal agency that is subject to a    
lapse in discretionary appropriations2  
7,b7 of a private entity that has a     
contract with a ,federal agency subject 
to a lapse in discretionary             
appropriations who is not paid during   
such period due to such lapse in        
discretionary appropriations2  7,c7 who 
is an employee of a ,state or other     
,federal grantee-- 7i7 whose            

compensation is advanced or reimbursed  
in whole or in part by the ,federal     
,government1 and  7ii7 who is furloughed
 due to a lapse in ,federal             
discretionary appropriations2 or  7,d7  
who is furloughed due to a lapse in     
,federal discretionary appropriations as
 an employee of the ,district of        
,columbia ,courts1 the ,public ,defender
 ,service for the ,district of          
,columbia1 or the ,district of ,columbia
 government2 and  7#b7 the #c months    
after the date on which the lapse in    
discretionary appropriations described  
in subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d7 of   
paragraph 7#a7 applicable to such       
employee has ended4  4  7b7 ,effect of  
shutdown deferment on public service    
loan forgiveness ,section #dee7m7 of the
 ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7m77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
,treatment of missed monthly payments   
during special deferment ,for purposes  
of calculating the #abj monthly payments

 on an eligible ,federal ,direct ,loan  
under paragraph 7#a77;,a71 the          
,secretary shall treat an unpaid payment
 on a loan under a repayment plan       
described in clauses 7i7 through 7iv7 of
 paragraph 7#a77;,a7 that occurs during 
a deferment under section #dic;,e as if 
such monthly payment was made on the    
loan4  4