,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bidi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,mr4 ,moran7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,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 #bjbc4  #b4 ,data    
matching agreement with the ,department 

of ,education ,not later than #a 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 automatically certified and  
counted towards the public service loan 
forgiveness program4