,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,brecheen7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend chapter #aca of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to require ,senior       
,executive ,service and schedule ,c     
employees to disclose ,federal student  
loan debt1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,federal ,employee ,student ,debt   
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,disclosure of 
,federal student loan debt by ,,ses and 
schedule ,c employees ,section #acajd of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7j7 ,disclosure of ,federal 
student loan debt by ,,ses and schedule 
,c employees  7#a7 ,definition ,in this 
subsection1 the term covered employee   
means an employee of the executive      

branch who occupies-- 7,a7 a ,senior    
,executive ,service position 7as defined
 in section #cacb7;a772 or  7,b7 a      
position of a confidential or           
policy-determining nature under schedule
 ,c of subpart ,c of part #bac of title 
#e1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 or  
any successor regulation4  7#b7 ,reports
 by covered employees ,not later than   
#fj days after the date of enactment of 
the ,federal ,employee ,student ,debt   
,transparency ,act1 and not later than  
,february #bh of each year thereafter1  
each covered employee shall file a      
report containing a full and complete   
statement of the outstanding balance of 
principal and interest owed by the      
covered employee on-- 7,a7 each loan    
made under part ,d of title ,,iv of the 
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;a et seq472 and  7,b7   
any loan made1 insured1 or guaranteed   
under part ,b or ,e of such title 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajga et seq41 #ajhg;aa et    
seq474  7#c7 ,new covered employees ,not

 later than #fj days after the date on  
which an individual assumes the position
 of a covered employee1 the individual  
shall file a report containing the      
information required under paragraph    
7#b74  7#d7 ,reports to ,congress ,not  
later than ,may #a of each year1 the    
,director of the ,office of ,government 
,ethics shall transmit to ,congress a   
report containing-- 7,a7 the total      
amount owed by all covered employees as 
reported pursuant to paragraphs 7#b7 and
 7#c72 and  7,b7 the name of any covered
 employee who failed to file or report  
any information required to be reported 
pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c74  4