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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 66
To amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to require Senior
Executive Service and schedule C employees to disclose Federal student
loan debt, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona (for himself and Mr. BRECHEEN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform
A BILL
To amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to
require Senior Executive Service and schedule C employ-
ees to disclose Federal student loan debt, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee Stu-4
dent Debt Transparency Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT BY 1
SES AND SCHEDULE C EMPLOYEES. 2
Section 13104 of title 5, United States Code, is 3
amended by adding at the end the following: 4
‘‘(j) D
ISCLOSURE OF FEDERALSTUDENTLOAN 5
D
EBT BYSES ANDSCHEDULEC EMPLOYEES.— 6
‘‘(1) D
EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 7
‘covered employee’ means an employee of the execu-8
tive branch who occupies— 9
‘‘(A) a Senior Executive Service position 10
(as defined in section 3132(a)); or 11
‘‘(B) a position of a confidential or policy- 12
determining nature under schedule C of subpart 13
C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regu-14
lations, or any successor regulation. 15
‘‘(2) R
EPORTS BY COVERED EMPLOYEES .—Not 16
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 17
the Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency 18
Act, and not later than February 28 of each year 19
thereafter, each covered employee shall file a report 20
containing a full and complete statement of the out-21
standing balance of principal and interest owed by 22
the covered employee on— 23
‘‘(A) each loan made under part D of title 24
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 25
U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); and 26
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‘‘(B) any loan made, insured, or guaran-1
teed under part B or E of such title (20 U.S.C. 2
1071 et seq., 1087aa et seq.). 3
‘‘(3) N
EW COVERED EMPLOYEES .—Not later 4
than 60 days after the date on which an individual 5
assumes the position of a covered employee, the indi-6
vidual shall file a report containing the information 7
required under paragraph (2). 8
‘‘(4) R
EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 9
May 1 of each year, the Director of the Office of 10
Government Ethics shall transmit to Congress a re-11
port containing— 12
‘‘(A) the total amount owed by all covered 13
employees as reported pursuant to paragraphs 14
(2) and (3); and 15
‘‘(B) the name of any covered employee 16
who failed to file or report any information re-17
quired to be reported pursuant to paragraph 18
(2) or (3).’’. 19
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