,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adhj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bi1    
#bjba ,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 
,reed1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 and ,ms4        
,duckworth7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,education to deem each month for which 
certain ,federal student loans are in   
deferment during a period of active duty
 service as months counted toward public
 service loan forgiveness4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,recognizing ,military ,service in      
,,pslf ,act4  #b4 ,active duty deferment
 periods counted toward public service  
loan forgiveness ,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#a71 in the matter preceding           
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking paragraph
 7#b7 and inserting paragraph 7#c72 and 
7#c7 by inserting after paragraph 7#a7  
the following3  7#b7 ,active duty       
deferment periods ,notwithstanding any  
other provision of this subsection1 the 
,secretary shall deem each month for    
which a loan payment was in deferment   
under subsection 7f77#b7 of this section
 or for which a loan payment was in     
forbearance under section               
#fhe4bje7;a77#g7 of title #cd1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 7or similar      
successor regulations71 for a borrower  
described in subsection 7f77#b77;,c7 as 
if the borrower of the loan had made a  
payment for the purpose of public       
service loan forgiveness under this     
subsection4  4