I 
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. 
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 ‘‘One-stop Student Fi-
nancial Aid Information Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Students and parents often have trouble 
finding all of the information they need to make an 
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informed decision about financial aid options for col-
lege in one easy-to-use location. 
(2) The Federal student financial aid website of 
the 
Department 
of 
Education 
(www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov) is a useful and effec-
tive website for learning about and applying for fi-
nancial aid. 
(3) The Federal student financial aid website is 
not well advertised or easy to find when searching 
the web or the Department of Education website for 
financial aid information. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FED-
ERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID WEBSITE. 
Section 131 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1015) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROMOTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU-
CATION FEDERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID WEBSITE.— 
The Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall display a link to the Federal student 
financial aid website of the Department of Edu-
cation (www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov) in a promi-
nent place on the homepage of the Department of 
Education website (www.ed.gov); and 
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‘‘(2) may use administrative funds available for 
the Department’s operations and expenses for pur-
poses of advertising and other promotion of the 
availability of the Federal student financial aid 
website. 
‘‘(f) PROMOTION OF AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION 
CONCERNING STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS OF 
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION AND POSTING OF INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary shall collect and post the eligi-
bility requirements, application procedures, financial 
terms and conditions, and other relevant information 
for each non-departmental student financial assist-
ance program. 
‘‘(2) MANNER OF POSTING.—The information 
required by paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall be easily accessible through the 
Federal student financial aid website required 
by subsection (e)(1); 
‘‘(B) shall be incorporated into the search 
matrix on such website on pages pertaining to 
other options for financial aid; and 
‘‘(C) shall clearly describe the programs in 
a manner that permits students and parents to 
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readily identify the programs that are appro-
priate to their needs and eligibility. 
‘‘(3) AGENCY
RESPONSE.—Each Federal de-
partment and agency shall promptly respond to sur-
veys or other requests for the information required 
by paragraph (1) and shall identify for the Secretary 
any non-departmental student financial assistance 
program operated, sponsored, or supported by such 
Federal department or agency. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘non-departmental student finan-
cial assistance program’ means any grant, loan, 
scholarship, fellowship, or other form of financial aid 
for students pursuing a postsecondary education 
that is— 
‘‘(A) distributed directly to the student or 
to the student’s account at the institution of 
higher education; and 
‘‘(B) operated, sponsored, or supported by 
a Federal department or agency other than the 
Department of Education.’’. 
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