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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-695
FAFSA DEADLINE ACT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 8932]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 8932) to establish an earlier application proc-
essing cycle for the FAFSA, having considered the same, reports fa-
vorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill
as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the FAFSA Deadline Act.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF EARLIER APPLICATION PROCESSING CYCLE.
Section 483(d)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(d)(4)) is
amended by striking not later than January 1 of the applicant's planned year of
enrollment, to the maximum extent practicable, on or around October 1 prior to the
applicant's planned year of enrollment and inserting not later than October 1 prior
to the applicant's planned year of enrollment.
SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION AND TESTIMONY REQUIREMENTS.
Section 483(d)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(d)(4)) is fur-
ther amended-
(1) by striking The Secretary and inserting the following:
(A) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(B) CERTIFICATION AND TESTIMONY REQUIREMENTS.-The Secretary shall,
with respect to each application processing cycle, prior to the initiation of
such processing cycle-
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