,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ebf  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#eebh  ,report ,no4 #aad-fgh  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,june  
#bj1 #bjaf ,mr4 ,heck of ,nevada 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4  
,polis1 and ,mr4 ,pocan7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,july #aa1 #bjaf ,additional
 sponsors3 ,mr4 ,curbelo of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,kline1 ,mr4         
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,carter
 of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 
,mr4 ,hinojosa1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,ms4    
,fudge1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,adams1    
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 and ,mrs4     
,davis of ,california  ,july #aa1 #bjaf 
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed ,strike out all after the
 enacting clause and insert the part    
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    

introduced on ,june #bj1 #bjaf  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife to simplify the ,,fafsa1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,simplifying the ,application for       
,student ,aid ,act4  #b4 ,using data    
from second preceding year ,section     
#dhj7;a77#a77;,b7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhgvv7a77#a77;,b77 is amended by      
striking may in both places it appears  
and inserting shall4  #c4 ,calculation  
of annual adjustment percentage for     
,federal ,pell ,grants ,section         
#dja7;b77#g77;,c77iv77,i7 of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajgj;a7b77#g77;,c77iv77,i77 is amended
 by striking calendar year and inserting
 fiscal year4  #d4 ,,fafsa              
,simplification  7a7 ,,fafsa            
,simplification ,section #dhc of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajij7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subsection 7a77#c71 by adding at the end

 the following3  7,i7 ,format ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of the   
enactment of the ,simplifying the       
,application for ,student ,aid ,act1 the
 ,secretary shall make the electronic   
version of the forms under this         
paragraph available through a technology
 tool that can be used on mobile        
devices4 ,such technology tool shall1 at
 minimum1 enable applicants to--  7i7   
save data2 and  7ii7 submit their       
,,fafsa to the ,secretary through such  
tool4  7,j7 ,consumer testing ,in       
developing and maintaining the          
electronic version of the forms under   
this paragraph and the technology tool  
for mobile devices under subparagraph   
7,i71 the ,secretary shall conduct      
consumer testing with appropriate       
persons to ensure the forms and         
technology tool are designed to be      
easily usable and understandable by     
students and families4 ,such consumer   
testing shall include-- 7i7 current and 
prospective college students1 family    

members of such students1 and other     
individuals with expertise in student   
financial assistance application        
processes2  7ii7 dependent students and 
independent students meeting the        
requirements under subsection 7b7 or 7c7
 of section #dgi2 and  7iii7 dependent  
students and independent students who do
 not meet the requirements under        
subsection 7b7 or 7c7 of section #dgi4  
2 and  7#b7 by amending subsection 7f7  
to read as follows3  7f7 ,use of        
,internal ,revenue ,service data        
retrieval tool to populate ,,fafsa  7#a7
 ,simplification efforts ,the ,secretary
 shall--  7,a7 make every effort to use 
data available from the ,internal       
,revenue ,service to reduce the amount  
of original data entry by applicants and
 strengthen the reliability of data used
 to calculate expected family           
contributions1 including through the use
 of technology to-- 7i7 automatically   
populate the electronic version of the  
forms under this paragraph with data    

available from the ,internal ,revenue   
,service2 and  7ii7 direct an applicant 
to appropriate questions on such forms  
based on the applicant's answers to     
previous questions2 and  7,b7 allow     
single taxpayers1 married taxpayers     
filing jointly1 and married taxpayers   
filing separately to utilize the data   
retrieval tool to its full capacity4    
7#b7 ,use of tax return in application  
process ,the ,secretary shall continue  
to examine whether data provided by the 
,internal ,revenue ,service can be used 
to generate an expected family          
contribution without additional action  
on the part of the student and taxpayer4
  7#c7 ,reports on ,,fafsa              
simplification efforts ,not less than   
once every other year1 the ,secretary   
shall report to the authorizing         
committees on the progress of the       
simplification efforts under this       
subsection4  7#d7 ,reports on ,,fafsa   
access ,not less than once every #aj    
years1 the ,secretary shall report to   

the authorizing committees on the needs 
of limited ,english proficient students 
using the ,,fafsa4  4  7b7 ,funding     
7#a7 ,use of existing funds ,of the     
amount authorized to be appropriated to 
the ,department of ,education to        
maintain the ,free ,application for     
,federal ,student ,aid1 #c1jjj1jjj shall
 be available to carry out this ,act and
 the amendments made by this ,act4  7#b7
 ,no additional funds authorized ,no    
funds are authorized by this ,act to be 
appropriated to carry out this ,act or  
the amendments made by this ,act4  ,july
 #aa1 #bjaf ,reported with an amendment1
 committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed