,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #f1 #bjag,mr4 
,doggett 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,ms4
 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4            
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4       
,brownley of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1
 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,carson of         
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,castro
 of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of          
,california1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4      
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4
 ,cuellar1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 
,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4    
,ellison1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4           
,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,al ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,gene   
,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4  
,gutirrez1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,higgins
 of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4
 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson
 of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,kildee1
 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4 ,larsen of            
,washington1 ,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia1   
,mr4 ,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1   

,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham of ,new  
,mexico1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 
,moulton1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,nolan1    
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,o',rourke1 ,mr4     
,payne1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,price of     
,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1  
,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 
,sarbanes1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1    
,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4    
,soto1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1   
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mrs4 ,torres1 ,ms4        
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,welch1 and ,mr4 ,wilson
 of ,south ,carolina7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
simplify the financial aid application  
process1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,equitable ,student ,aid ,access    
,act4  #b4 ,zero expected family        
contribution  7a7 ,simplified needs test
 ,section #dgi7;b77#a7 of the ,higher   
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

#ajhgss7b77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subparagraph 7,a77i7-- 7,a7 in subclause
 7,,ii71 by adding or at the end2  7,b7 
in subclause 7,,iii71 by striking or at 
the end and inserting and2 and  7,c7 by 
striking subclause 7,,iv72 and  7#b7 in 
subparagraph 7,b77i7-- 7,a7 in subclause
 7,,ii71 by adding or at the end2  7,b7 
in subclause 7,,iii71 by striking or at 
the end and inserting and2 and  7,c7 by 
striking subclause 7,,iv74  7b7 ,zero   
expected family contribution ,section   
#dgi7;c7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgss7c77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7
 by inserting except as provided in     
paragraph 7#c71 before in the case of2  
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a7--  7i7 in     
clause 7ii71 by adding or at the end2   
7ii7 in clause 7iii7 by striking or at  
the end and inserting and2 and  7iii7 by
 striking clause 7iv72 and  7,c7 in     
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking or at the
 end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 by 
inserting except as provided in         

paragraph 7#c71 before in the case of2  
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 in      
clause 7ii71 by adding or at the end2   
7ii7 in clause 7iii7 by striking or at  
the end and inserting and2 and  7iii7 by
 striking clause 7iv72 and  7,c7 in     
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7#c7 by inserting after paragraph  
7#b7 the following3  7#c7  7,a7 in the  
case of a dependent student1 the student
 or a member of the student's household 
received benefits at some time during   
the previous #bd-month period under a   
means-tested ,federal benefit program as
 defined under subsection 7d72 or  7,b7 
in the case of an independent student   
7without regard to whether such student 
has dependents71 the student received   
benefits at some time during the        
previous #bd-month period under a       
means-tested ,federal benefit program as
 defined under subsection 7d74  4  7c7  
,income threshold ,section #dgi7;c7 of  
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    

7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgss7c77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by striking
 #bc1jjj and inserting #cj1jjj2 and     
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 by striking
 #bc1jjj and inserting #cj1jjj4  7d7    
,means-,tested ,federal benefit program 
,section #dgi7;d77#b7 of the ,higher    
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhgss7d77#b77 is amended by striking  
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the     
following3  7,c7 the ,medicaid program  
established under title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif et seq472  4  #c4 ,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-- 7#a7  
by striking may in both places it       
appears and inserting shall2 and  7#b7  
by striking sharing of data between and 
inserting sharing of data1 to the extent
 such data is available1 between4  #d4  
,early ,,fafsa submission ,section      
#dhc7;a77#h7 of the ,higher ,education  

,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajij7;a77#h77 is amended by striking as
 early as practicable prior to ,january 
#a of and inserting not later than      
,october #a of the year preceding4  #e4 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall apply with respect to   
award years beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4