,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjag,mr4 
,veasey 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,hastings1   
,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,evans1
 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 
,mr4 ,rush1 and ,ms4 ,moore7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,education and the ,workforce1 for a    
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,internal ,revenue ,service 
to meet higher standards in security    
screening and to improve the process for
 obtaining return information and       
verification of nonfiling in connection 
with completing a ,free ,application for
 ,federal ,student ,aid 7,,fafsa74  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,reduce ,barriers to ,college ,act4 

#b4 ,improved ,,irs identity            
authentication process ,the             
,commissioner of ,internal ,revenue     
shall ensure that the implemented       
authentication processes used for all   
current and future online applications  
provide the level of assurance required 
by ,national ,institute for ,standards  
and ,technology standards for the       
determined level of authentication risk1
 as recommended by the ,treasury        
,inspector ,general for ,tax            
,administration4  #c4 ,verification of  
nonfiling in connection with ,,fafsa    
application  7a7 ,online portal  7#a7   
,in general ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,commissioner of ,internal    
,revenue 7in consultation with the      
,secretary of ,education7 shall         
establish an online portal for          
individuals to request and have         
submitted a verification of nonfiling   
for any taxable year to the ,secretary  
of ,education as part of the process of 

completing the individual's ,free       
,application for ,federal ,student ,aid4
  7#b7 ,authentication ,any such        
verification shall not be approved for  
submission through such portal process  
unless the individual's identity is     
authenticated by a valid social security
 number and any one of the following3   
7,a7 ,personal account number from a    
credit card1 mortgage1 home equity loan1
 home equity line of credit1 or car     
loan4  7,b7 ,mobile phone with the      
individual's name on the account4  7,c7 
,household utility bill associated with 
the individual's mailing address4  7,d7 
,student transcripts4  7,e7 ,bank       
account statement4  7,f7 ,passport or   
,state issued driver's license4  7b7    
,response time for verification of      
nonfiling in connection with ,,fafsa    
,the ,internal ,revenue ,service shall1 
not later than #aj business days after  
receipt from the individual1 process any
 request for1 or respond to any         
inquiries relating to1 a verification of

 nonfiling in connection with an        
individual's ,free ,application for     
,federal ,student ,aid4  #d4 ,simplified
 needs test ,section #dgi of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajhgss7 is amended--  7#a7 in         
subsection 7b77#a77;,b77i77,,ii71 by    
inserting before the semicolon at the   
end the following3 or has obtained a    
verification of nonfiling from the      
,commissioner of ,internal ,revenue2 and
  7#b7 in subsection 7c77#b77;,a77ii71  
by inserting before the semicolon at the
 end the following3 or has obtained a   
verification of nonfiling from the      
,commissioner of ,internal ,revenue4