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H. Rept. 114-678 1 (2016-07-11)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                           REPORT
                        2d Session      HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES            114-678







                      SIMPLIFYING THE APPLICATION FOR STUDENT AID ACT



                      JULY 11, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                         the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr.  KLINE, from  the Committee   on Education  and the Workforce,
                                           submitted   the following


                                               REPORT

                                             [To accompany H.R. 5528]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on  Education  and  the Workforce,  to  whom   was
                     referred the bill (H.R. 5528) to amend  the Higher  Education  Act  of
                     1965  to simplify the FAFSA,  and  for other purposes, having consid-
                     ered the  same,  report favorably  thereon with  an  amendment and
                     recommend   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 Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act.
                     SEC. 2. USING DATA FROM SECOND PRECEDING YEAR.
                       Section 480(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965  (20 U.S.C.
                     1087vv(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking may in both places it appears and insert-
                     ing shall.
                     SEC. 3. CALCULATION OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.
                       Section 401(b)(7)(C)(iv)(I) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                     1070a(b)(7)(C)(iv)(I)) is amended by striking calendar year and inserting fiscal
                     year.
                     SEC. 4. FAFSA SIMPLIFICATION.
                       (a) FAFSA SIMPLIFICATION.-Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
                     U.S.C. 1090) is amended-
                          (1) in subsection (a)(3), by adding at the end the following:
                              (I) FORMAT.-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
                            of the Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act, the Secretary shall
                            make the electronic version of the forms under this paragraph available
                            through a technology tool that can be used on mobile devices. Such tech-
                            nology tool shall, at minimum, enable applicants to-
                                 (i) save data; and
                                 (ii) submit their FAFSA to the Secretary through such tool.
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