,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cghd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ad1      
#bjag,mr4 ,davidson 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4    
,poliquin1 and ,mr4 ,espaillat7         
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 clarify the treatment of    
technical errors in applications for    
,federal ,,trio programs1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,common ,sense      
,opportunities ,act4  #b4 ,application  
status ,section #djb;,a7c77#g7 of the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a-#aa7;c77#g77 is       
amended by striking #h months each place
 it appears and inserting #d months4    
#c4 ,treatment of technical errors in   
applications ,section #djb;,a7c77#h7 of 
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a-#aa7;c77#h77 is  

amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,d7 ,treatment of technical
 errors in applications  7i7 ,in general
 ,except as provided in clause 7ii71 the
 ,secretary may not reject an           
application for a grant or contract     
under this chapter solely because such  
application contains a technical error4 
7ii7 ,exception ,the ,secretary may     
reject an application for a grant or    
contract under this chapter solely      
because such application contains a     
technical error only if--  7,i7 the     
,secretary provides notice of the       
technical error by email and phone to   
the primary contact person1 authorized  
representative1 and project director    
identified in the application and1 as   
part of such notice1 specifically       
identifies the technical error in the   
text of the application2  7,,ii7 during 
a period of not fewer than #g business  
days after providing notice to the      
applicant under subclause 7,i71 and in  
accordance with clause 7iii71 the       

,secretary allows the applicant to      
submit a revised application that       
corrects the technical error identified 
in such notice2 and  7,,iii7 the        
applicant-- 7aa7 does not submit to the 
,secretary a revised application that   
corrects the technical error identified 
in the notice under subclause 7,i7      
before the expiration of the period     
described in subclause 7,,ii72 or  7bb7 
submits to the ,secretary a revised     
application that contains a new         
technical error or does not correct the 
technical error identified in the notice
 under subclause 7,i74  7iii7 ,treatment
 of revised applications ,the ,secretary
 shall treat a revised application      
submitted under clause 7ii77,,ii7 in the
 same manner as a timely submitted      
application that did not contain the    
technical error corrected in such       
revised application4 ,the peer review   
score of a revised application submitted
 under clause 7ii77,,ii7 shall not be   
reviewable by any officer or employee of

 the ,department of ,education other    
than the ,secretary4  7iv7 ,technical   
error defined ,in this subparagraph1 the
 term technical error means a           
nonsubstantive error in an application1 
including an error in formatting1       
spacing1 number of pages1 font size or  
style1 and an error in rounding or any  
other typographical error in a proposed 
budget4  4  #d4 ,reports to ,congress   
,section #djb;,h7a77#a7 of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajgj;a-#ah7;a77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking and at
 the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by
 striking the period at the end2 and    
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,f7 identify each entity that        
received a grant or contract under this 
chapter during the period covered by the
 report and indicate the dollar amount  
of each such grant or contract2  7,g7   
identify each entity that applied for1  
but did not receive1 a grant or contract
 under this chapter during the period   

covered by the report and indicate the  
reason that the entity did not receive  
the grant or contract for which it      
applied2 and  7,h7 set forth the        
information described in subparagraphs  
7,f7 and 7,g7 separately for each ,state
 and local educational agency concerned4
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