1840-AD93 202410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 1800 Department of Education ED Student Debt Relief

The Department intends to amend regulations related to the authorities granted to the Secretary under 20 U.S.C. 1082(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to provide relief to Federal student loan borrowers. This regulation was included in the Student Debt Relief Rulemaking process. This included a virtual public hearing on this topic on July 18, 2023, giving the public an opportunity to share their views on this regulation. In addition, there were 3 negotiated rulemaking sessions on October 10-11, November 6-7, and December 11-12, 2024, which also provided an opportunity for virtual public comments from the public each day of the rulemaking. Finally, there was a 30-day public comment period once the notice of proposed rulemaking published from April 17-May 17, 2024.

]]> Section 3(f)(1) Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes Undetermined 34 CFR 30.1(c)(6) 34 CFR 30 34 CFR 682 34 CFR 685 20 U.S.C. 1082(a) No Notice of Intent to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking 08/31/2023 88 FR 60163 NPRM 04/17/2024 89 FR 27564 Comment Period End 05/17/2024 Final Action 12/00/2024 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No www.regulations.gov No No Tamy Abernathy 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 202 245-4595 negregnprmhelp@ed.gov 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington DC 20202