US Congress House Bill 2015 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 101-0)
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equitable Student Aid Access Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements governing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The bill increases the adjusted gross income threshold used to determine whether a student qualifies for an automatic zero expected family contribution (EFC) in the calculation of the student's financial need. A dependent student is eligible for an automatic zero EFC if the student's parents have adjusted gross income up to $30,000. An independent student with non-spouse dependents is eligible for a zero EFC if the student and spouse have adjusted gross income up to $30,000. The bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to allow students to use tax information from the year before the previous one in determining their financial aid eligibility. The Internal Revenue Service and ED must share available data pursuant to taxpayer consent. The bill requires the FAFSA application to be available to students by October 1, which is three months earlier than is currently required.

Equitable Student Aid Access Act

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-04-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2015/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2015/BILLS-115hr2015ih.pdf