,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ae1       
#bjag,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend section #dgi7;c7 of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
clarify when the ,secretary shall       
consider an independent student without 
dependents to have an expected family   
contribution equal to zero4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,streamlining ,,fafsa ,act of #bjag4    
#b4 ,zero expected family contribution  
for simplified needs tests ,section     
#dgi7;c7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgss7c77 is  
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking or at the end2  7#b7 in        
paragraph 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 in the case of an      

independent student without dependents--
  7,a7 the student 7and the student's   
spouse1 if any7-- 7i7 files1 or is      
eligible to file1 a form described in   
subsection 7b77#c72  7ii7 certifies that
 the student 7and the student's spouse1 
if any7 is not required to file a       
,federal income tax return2  7iii7 is a 
dislocated worker or has a spouse who is
 a dislocated worker2 or  7iv7 received 
benefits at some time during the        
previous #bd-month period under a       
means-tested ,federal benefit program as
 defined under subsection 7d72 and  7,b7
 the sum of the adjusted gross income of
 the student and spouse 7if appropriate7
 is less than or equal to #bc1jjj4  4