Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

Bill: 114-hr-3177
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-23
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education

Student aid and college costs

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education to provide for the use of tax information from the second preceding tax year (the "prior, prior year") to determine a student's financial aid eligibility. It requires data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Education, pursuant to taxpayer consent. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3177 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2015 Mr. Heck of Nevada (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Polis , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Kline , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Walberg , Mr. Messer , Mr. Grothman , Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Sablan , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Takano , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Royce , Mr. Bucshon , and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To simplify the application used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility for postsecondary education.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act . 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 to read as follows: (B) Notwithstanding section 478(a) and beginning not later than the second January 1 after the date of enactment of the Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act , the Secretary shall provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications (including simplification for a subset of applications) used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility. Such simplification shall include the sharing of data between the Internal Revenue Service and the Department, pursuant to the consent of the taxpayer. .