US Congress House Bill 4982 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-4)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of the applications used in estimating and determining financial aid eligibility. Requires such simplification to include data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Education, pursuant to taxpayer consent.

Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2014-06-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

SB2340 (Related) 2014-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4982/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4982/BILLS-113hr4982ih.pdf