[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2070

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include guidance on how 
dependent students with parents without SSNs may obtain Federal student 
                              assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

  Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ellison, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. 
  Grijalva) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include guidance on how 
dependent students with parents without SSNs may obtain Federal student 
                              assistance.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FAFSA for All Act''.

SEC. 2. FAFSA INFORMATION FOR DEPENDENT STUDENTS WITH PARENTS WITHOUT 
              SSNS.

    Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) Information for dependent students with 
                parents without ssns.--The Secretary shall include on 
                the same website used to provide students with the 
                electronic version of the forms described in this 
                paragraph the guidance described in paragraph 
                (12)(B)(ii).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (12)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Dependent students with parents without 
                ssns.--The Secretary shall include on the forms--
                            ``(i) questions to determine whether--
                                    ``(I) a dependent student meets the 
                                requirements of section 484(a)(5); and
                                    ``(II) the parents of a dependent 
                                student have a valid social security 
                                number; and
                            ``(ii) in a case in which a dependent 
                        student meets the requirements of section 
                        484(a)(5), but whose parents do not have a 
                        valid social security number, detailed guidance 
                        on how the student may obtain the Federal 
                        financial assistance described in paragraph 
                        (1), including an online tool that allows the 
                        student to upload documents required to receive 
                        such assistance.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall be effective beginning 
academic year 2017-2018.
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