; and (B) inform the borrower of the changes in the public service loan forgiveness program and the number of qualifying payment obligations that the borrower will have satisfied for purposes of the program, beginning on July 1, 2019. (2) Retroactive partial loan forgiveness By not later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary shall take such steps as are necessary to provide partial loan forgiveness under section 455(m)(3)(A)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(A)(i) ), as in effect on such date, to borrowers with outstanding balance of principal and interest on a loan made under this part who met the criteria for partial loan forgiveness under such section, as in effect on July 1, 2019, before such date but on or after October 1, 2007. (3) Applicability of other provisions In carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2), and in any other case where the Secretary is applying the loan forgiveness provisions of section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) ), as in effect on July 1, 2019, to a borrower for whom one or more payment obligations were satisfied before July 1, 2019, the Secretary shall determine the number of payment obligations satisfied by applying all of the provisions of such section as in effect on July 1, 2019, including the calculation of payment obligations under section 455(m)(5) of such Act and the inclusion of payment obligations satisfied through the component loans of a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan under section 455(m)(6), without regard as to the date on which the payment obligation was satisfied. (b) Special PSLF program funds (1) Definition of Special PSLF program funds In this section, the term special PSLF program funds means the amounts appropriated for public service loan forgiveness under section 315 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141