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OMB Control No: 1845-0119	ICR Reference No: 202606-1845-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202209-1845-002
Agency/Subagency: ED/FSA	Agency Tracking No: ED-2026-SCC-2213
Title: Federal Direct Loan Program Regulations for Forbearance and Loan Rehabilitation
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 06/26/2026
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/25/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/18/2026
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves the PRA request with emergency clearance. This collection will be valid for six months. If ED decides to continue use of the collection past the approved emergency request clearance time period, it must resubmit to OMB under the normal PRA clearance process for a three-year approval.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2026	6 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	1,238,097	0	129,027
Time Burden (Hours)	4,543,816	0	35,094
Cost Burden (Dollars)	111,368,930	0	0

Abstract: The Department of Education (the Department) is seeking emergency processing, in accordance with 5 C.F.R. § 1320.13, of the revision of OMB control number 1845-0119 Federal Direct Loan Program Regulations for Forbearance and Loan Rehabilitation. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025 includes provisions that affect this collection; specifically, 34 CFR 685.211 Miscellaneous repayment provisions. The Final Rule regarding these regulations was published on May 1, 2026 (91 FR 23768). The Department is now updating this collection to comply with the new regulations mentioned above. The Department is also introducing a new, simpler, online portal for borrowers seeking loan rehabilitation. Some new and amended regulations are effective July 1, 2026. Information collection requests have a statutorily required 60-day and 30-day comment period prior to receiving OMB approval. The final rule was not published until May 1, 2026. The only way to receive OMB approval on the updates would be through emergency processing as the regular process could not be completed until well after July 1, 2026.

Emergency Justfication: Request for emergency clearance no later than June 26, 2026, for revisions to the loan rehabilitation information collection incorporating updates which align with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that begin July 1, 2026. Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 C.F.R. part 1320, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) requests that the information collection 1845-0119, Federal Direct Loan Program Regulations for Forbearance and Loan Rehabilitation, be processed in accordance with 5 C.F.R. § 1320.13 Emergency Processing. We are requesting approval for a revision of the form no later than June 26, 2026 for 180 days. The Department will initiate the 60-day public comment period for the full clearance process in conjunction with the emergency processing. The Department is requesting emergency processing so that the form reflects changes made by the Working Families Tax Cuts Act in time for implementation of the new rules. The resulting updated form incorporates regulatory changes made in the published Final Rule on May 1, 2026 (91 FR 23768) that affect borrowers who wish to rehabilitate their student loans. It also greatly improves the current, burdensome, process that borrowers must use today.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1087a Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 15605	03/30/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 36813	06/18/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Federal Direct Loan Program Regulations for Forbearance and Loan Rehabilitation	N/A, N/A	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,238,097	129,027	1,109,070
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,543,816	35,094	4,508,722
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	111,368,930	0	111,368,930

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Department is requesting a revision of the current collection. The currently approved form has 129,027 responses and 35,094 burden hours. We are now requesting 4,543,816 burden hours and 1,238,097 responses. This is an increase of 4,508,722 burden hours and 1,109,070 responses. Due to the collection being simplified with an online portal, the Department believes this will greatly increase the number of borrowers in default applying for rehabilitation. The increase in burden can mostly be attributed to the number of individuals responding to the collection. However, the Department also increased the hourly burden per response because we believe the most recently calculated burden misrepresented the amount of time needed to complete the specific tasks required.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Carolyn Rose 202 803-1502

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