3.0.0 3446 2023-01-11T13:29:55Z 2023-01-11T13:29:55Z House HR 2015-09-08 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DOGGETT:H.R. 3446.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H5848]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2016-03-23T21:00:03Z Referred to 2015-09-08T18:01:20Z Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 114 1872 S 2015-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2016-03-23 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2015-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2015-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 35 N L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 9 2015-09-08 True P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2015-09-08 True W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 2015-09-08 True M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2015-09-08 True B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2015-09-08 True K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2015-09-08 True K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2015-09-08 True C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2015-09-08 True G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2015-09-08 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2016-03-02 False Education Higher education Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Education 00 2015-09-08 Introduced in House 2015-11-05T16:28:13Z

Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to provide for the use of tax information from the second preceding tax year (the "prior, prior year") to determine a student's financial aid eligibility. It requires data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service and ED, pursuant to taxpayer consent.

The bill also increases from $23,000 to $30,000 the adjusted gross income threshold used to determine whether a student qualifies for an automatic zero expected family contribution (EFC) in the calculation of such student's financial need. A dependent student is eligible for an automatic zero EFC if the student's parents have adjusted gross income up to $30,000. An independent student with non-spouse dependents is eligible for a zero EFC if the student and spouse have adjusted gross income up to $30,000.

]]> Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 Display Title Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3446ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3446ih.xml 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.