[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3842 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3842

 To require the Secretary of Education to conduct a feasibility study 
    for using income tax returns as the primary Federal student aid 
                              application.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2014

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Education to conduct a feasibility study 
    for using income tax returns as the primary Federal student aid 
                              application.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY ON USE OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AS PRIMARY 
              APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shall conduct a study on the 
feasibility and advantages and disadvantages of using individual income 
tax returns as the primary form of application for student aid under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Commissioner, shall submit to Congress a report containing the results 
of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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