,,ii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #cece ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #a 7legislative day1 ,september #bh71 #bjah,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions ,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-- 7#a7 by striking ,the ,secretary shall inform each entity operating programs and inserting the following3 7,a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall inform each entity operating programs 2 and 7#b7 by adding at the end the following3 7,b7 ,deadline review ,not later than #f months after the date of enactment of the ,common ,sense ,opportunities ,act1 the ,secretary shall-- 7i7 review the ,department's history of complying with the not less than #h month notification deadlines provided under subparagraph 7,a71 including instances of when and why the ,department failed to meet such a deadline2 7ii7 identify whether such deadlines could be better aligned with the program year of entities operating programs under this chapter to prevent disruption for such entities and the services the entities provide2 and 7iii7 adjust the ,department's procedures based on the findings gained pursuant to clauses 7i7 and 7ii74 7,c7 ,report ,the ,secretary shall submit a report to ,congress on findings gained pursuant to subparagraph 7,b7 and any adjustments made by the ,department based on the findings4 4 #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 ,notifications to ,congress ,section #djb;,h of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a-#ah7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7e7 ,notifications to congressional offices ,the ,secretary shall notify each member office of ,congress at the time a grant or contract under this chapter is awarded that-- 7#a7 identifies each entity that received a grant or contract under this chapter during the period covered by the notification that is located in the ,state of the member of ,congress1 in the case of a ,senator1 or in the district of the member of ,congress1 in the case of a ,representative1 and indicates the dollar amount of each such grant or contract2 and 7#b7 identifies each entity that applied for1 but did not receive1 a grant or contract under this chapter during the period covered by the notification that is located in the ,state of the member of ,congress1 in the case of a ,senator1 or in the district of the member of ,congress1 in the case of a ,representative1 and indicates the reason that the entity did not receive the grant or contract for which it applied4 4