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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3418 
To require States to inform children in foster care under the responsibility 
of the State who have attained 14 years of age of all government 
programs under which the child may be eligible for financial assistance 
for expenses related to higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2017 
Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Ms. BASS, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require States to inform children in foster care under 
the responsibility of the State who have attained 14 
years of age of all government programs under which 
the child may be eligible for financial assistance for 
expenses related to higher education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fostering Academic 
Information and Resources Act’’ or the ‘‘FAIR Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES PROVIDE FOSTER 
CHILDREN AGED 14 OR OVER WITH INFORMA-
TION ON GOVERNMENTAL EDUCATION AID 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(5) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(including the informa-
tion described in subparagraph (J))’’ after 
‘‘education’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (I) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) each child in foster care under the re-
sponsibility of the State who has attained 14 
years of age receives, in writing or orally, infor-
mation on all government programs under 
which the child may be eligible for assistance 
for expenses relating to higher education, in-
cluding associated housing expenses, tuition as-
sistance programs, and other fees related to 
cost of attendance.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 1st day of the 
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4th calendar quarter beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to pay-
ments under part E of title IV of the Social Security 
Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after such 
day. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this Act, the plan shall not be regarded as 
failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the first regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if 
the State has a 2-year legislative session, each year 
of the session is deemed to be a separate regular 
session of the State legislature. 
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