3.0.0 4343 2022-11-01T13:50:00Z 2022-11-01T13:50:00Z House HR 2019-09-17 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 149 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. TRAHAN:H.R. 4343.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H7754]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-09-17T16:01:35Z College Affordability Act 116 4674 HR 2020-12-28 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583. Related bill CRS Equitable Student Aid Access Act 116 4680 HR 2019-10-15 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000482 Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] Lori Trahan D MA 3 N S001199 Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] Lloyd Smucker R PA 11 2019-09-17 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2019-09-20 False T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2019-09-24 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2019-10-08 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2019-10-16 False D000624 Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] Debbie Dingell D MI 12 2019-10-28 False A000378 Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] Cynthia Axne D IA 3 2019-11-14 False Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Higher education School administration Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Education 00 2019-09-17 Introduced in House 2020-05-05T15:51:50Z Financial Aid Communication and Transparency Act of 2019 or the FACT Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish certain requirements for financial aid offers.

ED must conduct consumer testing to serve as the basis for determining such requirements for financial aid offers, and a financial aid offer must contain information such as cost of attendance and sources of available financial aid. An offer must also contain a standardized quick reference box to enable comparison of information on college costs and financial aid.

]]> FACT Act of 2019 Display Title FACT Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to publish requirements for financial aid offers to be provided by institutions of higher education to enrolled and prospective students, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced FACT Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Financial Aid Communication and Transparency Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4343ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4343ih.xml 2019-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.