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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1833 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1833

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include guidance on how 
dependent students with parents without SSNs may obtain Federal student 
                              assistance.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2015

Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Caardenas, Mr. Castro of Texas, 
Mr. Ellison, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutieerrez, Mr. Hastings, Mr. 
   Hinojosa, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Michelle Lujan 
Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Linda T. 
 Saanchez of California, Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Conyers, 
  Mrs. Capps, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Al 
 Green of Texas, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ben 
    Ray Lujaan of New Mexico, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
   Illinois, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include guidance on how 
dependent students with parents without SSNs may obtain Federal student 
                              assistance.

    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 ``FAFSA for All Act''.

SEC. 2. FAFSA INFORMATION FOR DEPENDENT STUDENTS WITH PARENTS WITHOUT 
              SSNS.

    Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) Information for dependent students with 
                parents without ssns.--The Secretary shall include on 
                the same website used to provide students with the 
                electronic version of the forms described in this 
                paragraph the guidance described in paragraph 
                (12)(B)(ii).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (12)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Dependent students with parents without 
                ssns.--The Secretary shall include on the forms--
                            ``(i) questions to determine whether--
                                    ``(I) a dependent student meets the 
                                requirements of section 484(a)(5); and
                                    ``(II) the parents of a dependent 
                                student have a valid social security 
                                number; and
                            ``(ii) in a case in which a dependent 
                        student meets the requirements of section 
                        484(a)(5), but whose parents do not have a 
                        valid social security number, detailed guidance 
                        on how the student may obtain the Federal 
                        financial assistance described in paragraph 
                        (1), including an online tool that allows the 
                        student to upload documents required to receive 
                        such assistance.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall be effective beginning 
academic year 2015-2016.
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