[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3350 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3350

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to condition an institution 
  of higher education's receipt of Federal assistance on waiving the 
  application for enrollment fee for homeless children and youths and 
students who were in foster care at any time when the students were 13 
                         years of age or older.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2021

Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to condition an institution 
  of higher education's receipt of Federal assistance on waiving the 
  application for enrollment fee for homeless children and youths and 
students who were in foster care at any time when the students were 13 
                         years of age or older.

    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 ``Helping Foster and Homeless Youth 
Achieve Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF APPLICATION FEES FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS AND 
              FOSTER YOUTH.

    Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1088 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 493E. WAIVER OF APPLICATION FEES FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND 
              YOUTHS AND FOSTER YOUTH.

    ``In order for an institution of higher education, or a student 
enrolled at the institution, to receive Federal assistance under this 
Act, the institution shall waive the application for enrollment fee for 
homeless children and youths (as defined in section 725 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and for a 
student who was in foster care at any time when the individual was 13 
years of age or older, as indicated on the Free Application for Federal 
Student Aid submitted by the student.''.
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