HR 4680 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Equitable Student Aid Access Act

Introduced Oct 15, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

Latest action · Oct 15, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

IntroducedOct 15, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equitable Student Aid Access Act

This bill revises certain income requirements for calculating federal student financial aid amounts, and it requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish certain requirements for financial aid offers.

Specifically, the bill eliminates the simplified needs test in financial aid applications for families with income below a specified threshold, and it increases the income threshold that automatically qualifies a student for certain financial aid.

When determining the total income of an applicant or an applicant's household, ED shall provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to simplify applications used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility.

ED must also conduct consumer testing to serve as the basis for determining requirements for financial aid offers. A financial aid offer must contain information such as cost of attendance and sources of available financial aid, as well as a standardized quick reference box to enable comparison of information on college costs and financial aid.

Cosponsors 79

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 15, 2019 to Oct 13, 2020; 61 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Oct 15, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Oct 18, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone		Nov 12, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Nov 12, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Nov 12, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Nov 12, 2019
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Nov 12, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Nov 20, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Nov 20, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Nov 20, 2019
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Dec 6, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Dec 6, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Dec 6, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Dec 18, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Feb 6, 2020
D-CA	Mark Takano		Feb 6, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu		May 15, 2020
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Oct 13, 2020
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Oct 13, 2020

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 Oct 15, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 15, 2019Introduced in House
Oct 15, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 162, October 15, 2019, page H8144.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 4343	FACT Act of 2019	Related bill	Sep 17, 2019
HR 4674	College Affordability Act	Related bill	Dec 28, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to simplify the financial aid application process, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Equitable Student Aid Access Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 15, 2019Introduced in House

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