DELIVER Act

Doctors' Education Loans Impact VA Employee Retention Act or the DELIVER Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and carry out a program to make each monthly payment owed by a VA employee on a covered loan during such employee's period of service to the VA.

Defines a "covered loan" as a loan under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program that is in repayment under an income-based repayment plan under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4974 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4974

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide for the repayment of higher education loans 
      for certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2014

Ms. Shea-Porter (for herself, Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. Tierney) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide for the repayment of higher education loans 
      for certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Doctors' Education Loans Impact VA 
Employee Retention Act'' or the ``DELIVER Act''.

SEC. 2. REPAYMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOANS FOR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING 
              IN AN INCOME-BASED REPAYMENT PLAN.

    (a) Program.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 713. Program for repayment of higher education loans for 
              employees participating in an income-based repayment plan
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a 
program to make each monthly payment owed by an employee of the 
Department on a covered loan during the period of service of such 
employee to the Department.
    ``(b) Covered Loan Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
loan' means a loan--
            ``(1) made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or part D 
        of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 
        et seq.); and
            ``(2) in repayment under an income-based repayment plan 
        under section 493C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1098e).''.
    (b) Table of Sections Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``713. Program for repayment of higher education loans for employees 
                            participating in an income-based repayment 
                            plan.''.
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