,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bi1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,van ,orden 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,davis of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,peters1 and ,ms4 ,stefanik7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,education and the ,workforce1 for a    
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,defense to   
complete a data matching agreement with 
the ,secretary of ,education in order to
 ensure individuals who are current or  
former active-duty military service     
members or civilian employees and are   
otherwise eligible for assistance under 
the public service loan forgiveness     
program have their periods of employment
 automatically certified and counted    

towards the public service loan         
forgiveness program4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,ensuring
 ,military ,access to ,higher ,education
 ,benefits ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,data    
matching agreement with the department  
of education ,not later than one year   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
complete a data matching agreement with 
the ,secretary of ,education in order to
 ensure that individuals who are current
 or former active-duty military service 
members or civilian employees and are   
otherwise eligible for assistance under 
the public service loan forgiveness     
program under section #dee7m7 of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;e7m77 have their periods
 of employment1 beginning on ,october   
#a1 #bjjg1 certified4