HR 3177 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

Introduced Jul 23, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Joseph J. Heck R-NV

Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 23, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education to provide for the use of tax information from the second preceding tax year (the "prior, prior year") to determine a student's financial aid eligibility. It requires data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Education, pursuant to taxpayer consent.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2015 to May 10, 2016; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jul 23, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Jul 23, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Sep 8, 2015
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Sep 17, 2015
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Sep 17, 2015
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Sep 18, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Sep 30, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating		Oct 20, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Nov 17, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Feb 4, 2016
R-OR	Greg Walden		Feb 29, 2016
D-CA	Ted Lieu		May 10, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jul 23, 2015
	Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee	Referred Nov 16, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jul 23, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 23, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 116, July 23, 2015, page H5467.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To simplify the application used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility for postsecondary education.
Short Titles as Introduced: Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 23, 2015Introduced in House

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