[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6349 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6349

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income limit 
                     of the simplified needs test.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2018

Mr. Kinzinger (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, and Ms. Tenney) 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 increase the income limit 
                     of the simplified needs test.

    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 ``Improving Middle Class Access to 
Higher Education Act''.

SEC. 2. SIMPLIFIED NEEDS TEST.

    Section 479(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087ss(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
        inserting ``$100,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
        inserting ``$100,000''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect with respect to 
award year 2018-2019, and each succeeding award year.
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