,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjag,mrs4
 ,lawrence 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,franks of
 ,arizona1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,langevin1  
and ,ms4 ,moore7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require ,states to inform   
children in foster care under the       
responsibility of the ,state who have   
attained #ad years of age of all        
government programs under which the     
child may be eligible for financial     
assistance for expenses related to      
higher education4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,fostering ,academic ,information and   
,resources ,act or the ,,fair ,act4  #b4
 ,requirement that ,states provide      
foster children aged #ad or over with   
information on governmental education   
aid programs  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#dge7e7 of the ,social ,security ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fge7e77 is amended--    

7#a7 in subparagraph 7,h7-- 7,a7 by     
inserting 7including the information    
described in subparagraph 7,j77 after   
education2 and  7,b7 by striking and    
after the semicolon2  7#b7 by striking  
the period at the end of subparagraph   
7,i7 and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by  
adding at the end the following3  7,j7  
each child in foster care under the     
responsibility of the ,state who has    
attained #ad years of age receives1 in  
writing or orally1 information on all   
government programs under which the     
child may be eligible for assistance for
 expenses relating to higher education1 
including associated housing expenses1  
tuition assistance programs1 and other  
fees related to cost of attendance4  4  
7b7 ,effective date  7#a7 ,in general   
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall take effect on the #ast day of the
 #dth calendar quarter beginning on or  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and shall apply to payments under 
part ,e of title ,,iv of the ,social    

,security ,act for calendar quarters    
beginning on or after such day4  7#b7   
,delay permitted if state legislation   
required ,if the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services determines that    
,state legislation 7other than          
legislation appropriating funds7 is     
required in order for a ,state plan     
developed pursuant to part ,e of title  
,,iv of the ,social ,security ,act to   
meet the additional requirements imposed
 by the amendments made by this ,act1   
the plan shall not be regarded as       
failing to meet any of the additional   
requirements before the #ast day of the 
#ast calendar quarter beginning after   
the first regular session of the ,state 
legislature that begins after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4 ,for     
purposes of the preceding sentence1 if  
the ,state has a #b-year legislative    
session1 each year of the session is    
deemed to be a separate regular session 
of the ,state legislature4