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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1522 

To promote the availability and use of the Federal student financial aid 

website of the Department of Education. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2007 

Mr. KELLER of Florida (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To promote the availability and use of the Federal student 

financial aid website of the Department of Education. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One-stop Student Fi5 nancial Aid Information Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Students and parents often have trouble 

9 finding all of the information they need to make an 


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1 informed decision about financial aid options for col2 lege in one easy-to-use location. 

3 (2) The Federal student financial aid website of 

4 the Department of Education 

5 (www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov) is a useful and effec6 tive website for learning about and applying for fi7 nancial aid. 

8 (3) The Federal student financial aid website is 

9 not well advertised or easy to find when searching 

10 the web or the Department of Education website for 

11 financial aid information. 

12 SEC. 3. IMPROVED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FED13 ERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID WEBSITE. 

14 Section 131 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

15 U.S.C. 1015) is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(e) PROMOTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU18 CATION FEDERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID WEBSITE.— 

19 The Secretary— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall display a link to the Federal student 

21 financial aid website of the Department of Edu22 cation (www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov) in a promi23 nent place on the homepage of the Department of 

24 Education website (www.ed.gov); and 


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1 ‘‘(2) may use administrative funds available for 

2 the Department’s operations and expenses for pur3 poses of advertising and other promotion of the 

4 availability of the Federal student financial aid 

5 website. 

6 ‘‘(f) PROMOTION OF AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION

7 CONCERNING STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS OF

8 OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) COLLECTION AND POSTING OF INFORMA10 TION.—The Secretary shall collect and post the eligi11 bility requirements, application procedures, financial 

12 terms and conditions, and other relevant information 

13 for each non-departmental student financial assist14 ance program. 

15 ‘‘(2) MANNER OF POSTING.—The information 

16 required by paragraph (1)— 

17 ‘‘(A) shall be easily accessible through the 

18 Federal student financial aid website required 

19 by subsection (e)(1); 

20 ‘‘(B) shall be incorporated into the search 

21 matrix on such website on pages pertaining to 

22 other options for financial aid; and 

23 ‘‘(C) shall clearly describe the programs in 

24 a manner that permits students and parents to 


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1 readily identify the programs that are appro2 priate to their needs and eligibility. 

3 ‘‘(3) AGENCY RESPONSE.—Each Federal de4 partment and agency shall promptly respond to sur5 veys or other requests for the information required 

6 by paragraph (1) and shall identify for the Secretary 

7 any non-departmental student financial assistance 

8 program operated, sponsored, or supported by such 

9 Federal department or agency. 

10 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub11 section, the term ‘non-departmental student finan12 cial assistance program’ means any grant, loan, 

13 scholarship, fellowship, or other form of financial aid 

14 for students pursuing a postsecondary education 

15 that is— 

16 ‘‘(A) distributed directly to the student or 

17 to the student’s account at the institution of 

18 higher education; and 

19 ‘‘(B) operated, sponsored, or supported by 

20 a Federal department or agency other than the 

21 Department of Education.’’. 

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