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B-331652 1 (2019-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeakq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-331652 December 11, 2019 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Bobby Scott Chairman The Honorable Virginia Foxx Ranking Member Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Subject: Department of Education: Total and Permanent Disability Discharge of Loans Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Education (Department) entitled Total and Permanent Disability Discharge of Loans Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (RIN: 1840-AD48). We received the rule on December 2, 2019. It was published in the Federal Register as interim final regulations on November 26, 2019. 84 Fed. Reg. 65000. The effective date of the rule is July 1, 2020. According to the Department, the interim final rule amends and updates the regulations for total and permanent disability student loan discharge for veterans by removing administrative burdens that may have prevented at least 20,000 totally and permanently disabled veterans from obtaining discharge of their student loans. Under this rule, the Department will consider a borrower for whom data is obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs showing that the borrower is totally and permanently disabled to be eligible for discharge and will not require additional documentation to discharge the borrower's loans. The Congressional Review Act requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of the publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). Here, the rule has a stated effective date of July 1, 2020. However, the Department states in the rule that the Secretary of Education is exercising her authority under section 482(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, to designate these regulatory changes for early implementation effectively immediately. 20 U.S.C. § 1089(c).

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