,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #deca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1      
#bjbf,mr4 ,husted 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cassidy1 and ,mr4 ,tuberville7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend section #dih;,a of the ,higher    
,education ,act of #aife to require the 
,secretary of ,education to prioritize  
program reviews of institutions of      
higher education that disburse ,federal 
financial aid under title ,,iv of such  
,act without verifying the identity of a
 student whose ,,fafsa presents a       
reasonable suspicion of identity fraud4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,student ,aid ,fraud ,oversight 
and ,accountability ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 
,program review priority category  7a7  
,program review priority category       
,section #dih;,a7a77#b7 of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

#ajii;c-#a7;a77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 subparagraph 7,e71 by striking and at  
the end2  7#b7 by redesignating         
subparagraph 7,f7 as subparagraph 7,g72 
and  7#c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,e7 the following3  7,f7  
institutions identified under paragraph 
7#d72 and  4  7b7 ,identification of    
institutions ,section #dih;,a7a7 of the 
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajii;c-#a7;a77 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking the 
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#d7 shall identify each    
institution that has disbursed1 on or   
after ,october #a1 #bjbf1 ,federal      
financial aid under this title for an   
award year to any student whose         
application under section #dhc for such 
award year presented a reasonable       
suspicion of identity fraud1 as         
determined by the identity fraud        
detection system used by the ,secretary1
 except that the ,secretary shall       

exclude from such identification any    
institution that demonstrates to the    
,secretary that1 with respect to each   
such student1 before the disbursement of
 ,federal financial aid to the student1 
the institution1 in accordance with     
procedures established by the           
,secretary1 determined that a reasonable
 suspicion of identity fraud was not    
present by confirming the identity of   
such student using in-person            
verification or live1 synchronous       
audiovisual verification and notified   
the ,secretary that the identity of the 
student has been verified1 and maintains
 a record of such identity verification4
  4  7c7 ,special considerations        
,section #dih;,a of the ,higher         
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajii;c-#a7 is further amended by adding
 at the following3  7f7 ,special        
considerations ,identification of an    
institution under subsection 7a77#d7--  
7#a7 may be used to inform program      
reviews1 audits1 investigations1 and    

other oversight activities authorized   
under this title2 and  7#b7 shall not1  
by itself1 constitute a determination   
that an institution has failed to meet  
the requirements of this title4  4