,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #e1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,magaziner 7for himself and ,mr4 ,kelly
 of ,mississippi7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
ensure that members of the reserve      
components of the ,armed ,forces receive
 appropriate credit toward public       
service loan forgiveness1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,guard and
 ,reserve ,student ,loan ,fairness ,act4
  #b4 ,special rule for members of the  
reserve components of the ,armed ,forces
 performing certain duty ,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 ,special rule for      
members of the reserve components of the
 ,armed ,forces performing certain duty 

7,a7 ,calculation of qualifying payments
 based on years of service creditable   
toward retired pay ,with respect to a   
borrower who is a member of a reserve   
component of an ,armed ,force1 the      
,secretary shall-- 7i7 in the case of a 
member who completed a full year of     
covered service1 deem each month in such
 year to be a month for which a         
qualifying payment was made under       
paragraph 7#a7 if--  7,i7 for each such 
month the borrower made a corresponding 
monthly payment on an eligible ,federal 
,direct ,loan2 and  7,,ii7 such         
corresponding monthly payment--  7aa7   
met the requirements of paragraph 7#a72 
or  7bb7 in the case of a borrower not  
employed full-time in a public service  
job at the time the payment was made1   
such payment would have met the         
requirements of paragraph 7#a7 had the  
borrower been employed full-time in a   
public service job at the time of such  
payment4  7ii7 in the case of a member  
who completed a partial year of covered 

service1 deem up to six months in such  
year to be a month for which a          
qualifying payment was made if-- 7,i7   
for each such month the borrower made a 
corresponding monthly payment on an     
eligible ,federal ,direct ,loan2 and    
7,,ii7 such corresponding monthly       
payment-- 7aa7 met the requirements of  
paragraph 7#a72 or  7bb7 in the case of 
a borrower not employed full-time in a  
public service job at the time the      
payment was made1 such payment would    
have met the requirements of paragraph  
7#a7 had the borrower been employed     
full-time in a public service job at the
 time of such payment4  7,b7 ,data      
matching required ,not later than one   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph1 and on an annual basis  
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,defense  
and the ,secretary of ,education shall  
jointly complete a data matching        
process--  7i7 to identify each         
individual who1 while serving member of 
a reserve component of an ,armed ,force1

 made one or more student loan payments 
eligible to be counted under this       
paragraph2 and  7ii7 without requiring  
further information or action from such 
individual--  7,i7 to certify the total 
number of full or partial years of      
covered service of such individual2 and 
7,,ii7 to count the total number of     
qualifying payments made by the         
individual during such years4  7,c7     
,definitions ,in this paragraph3 7i7    
,the term full year of covered service  
means any year for which a member of a  
reserve component of an ,armed ,force   
was credited at least #hj points toward 
eligibility for retired pay under       
section #abgcb7;a77#b7 of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code4  7ii7 ,the term  
partial year of covered service means   
any year for which a member of a reserve
 component of an ,armed ,force was      
credited at least #ej but less than #hj 
points toward eligibility for retired   
pay under section #abgcb7;a77#b7 of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7iii7

 ,the term ,armed ,force has the meaning
 given that term in section #aja of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  4