US Congress House Bill 4680 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 80-0)
Status: Introduced on October 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises certain income requirements for calculating federal student financial aid amounts, and it requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish certain requirements for financial aid offers. Specifically, the bill eliminates the simplified needs test in financial aid applications for families with income below a specified threshold, and it increases the income threshold that automatically qualifies a student for certain financial aid. When determining the total income of an applicant or an applicant's household, ED shall provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to simplify applications used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility. ED must also conduct consumer testing to serve as the basis for determining requirements for financial aid offers. A financial aid offer must contain information such as cost of attendance and sources of available financial aid, as well as a standardized quick reference box to enable comparison of information on college costs and financial aid.

Equitable Student Aid Access Act

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-10-15	House	Introduced in House

HB4343 (Related) 2019-09-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
HB4674 (Related) 2020-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4680/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4680/BILLS-116hr4680ih.pdf