II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 187 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 26, 2005 Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Collins, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Biden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To limit the applicability of the annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology for the award year 2005–2006, published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2004.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act.

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Allowance for State and other taxes

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology to determine a student’s expected family contribution for the award year 2005–2006 under part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk et seq.), published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 23, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 76926), shall not apply to a student to the extent the updates will reduce the amount of Federal student assistance for which the student is eligible.