One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America
At the Second Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
H. R. 8932
AN ACT
To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the FAFSA Deadline Act
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Establishment of earlier application processing cycle
Section 483(d)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(d)(4)) is amended by striking not later than January 1 of the applicant’s planned year of enrollment, to the maximum extent practicable, on or around October 1 prior to the applicant’s planned year of enrollment
and inserting not later than October 1 prior to the applicant's planned year of enrollment
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Certification and testimony requirements
Section 483(d)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(d)(4)) is further amended—
by striking The Secretary
and inserting the following:
In general
The Secretary
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Certification and testimony requirements
The Secretary shall, with respect to each application processing cycle, prior to the initiation of such processing cycle—
on a date that is not later than September 1—
certify to the authorizing committees that the Department will meet the October 1 deadline specified in subparagraph (A) for such processing cycle; or
certify to such committees that the Department will not meet such deadline; and
in the case of a certification described in clause (i)(II), on a date that is not later than September 30, testify before the authorizing committees on—
the anticipated failure to meet such deadline; and
the financial impact such failure will have on students and families.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.