Amendment requires the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to conduct a study on the feasibility and advantages and disadvantages of using individual income tax returns as the primary form of application for student aid.

1. Adds SEC. __. STUDY ON USE OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AS PRIMARY APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID at the end of the bill

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   Inserted: SEC. __. STUDY ON USE OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AS PRIMARY APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID.

   Inserted: Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.1090) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(i) Study on Use of Individual Income Tax Returns as Primary Application for Federal Student Aid.--

   Inserted: "(4) Study.--The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advantages and disadvantages of using individual income tax returns as the primary form of application for student aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

   Inserted: "(5) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner, shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).".

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   At the end of the bill, add the following new section:

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