FAFSA Translation Act

Bill: 116-hr-4567
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2019-09-27
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Foreign language and bilingual programs

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Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>FAFSA Translation Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education to (1) translate the forms developed under the Free Application for Federal Student Aid into no fewer than 11 foreign languages, and (2) make the translated forms available to applicants in paper and electronic formats.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4567 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2019 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Judy Chu of California , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Soto , Mr. Espaillat , and Ms. Jackson Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to translate the FAFSA into foreign languages, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FAFSA Translation Act . 2. Translation of FAFSA into foreign languages Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (13) Translation into foreign languages The Secretary shall— (A) translate the forms developed under this subsection into not fewer than 11 foreign languages, to be determined by the Secretary; and (B) make the translated forms available to applicants in paper and electronic formats. . 3. Effective date The amendment made by section 2 shall take effect on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.