114-hr-5784114th Congress

File Once FAFSA Act of 2016

Sponsored By: Representative Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]

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Summary

File Once FAFSA Act of 2016 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process for low-income students applying for Federal Pell Grants. Specifically, the bill allows dependent students to apply for aid once. Thus, students who receive Pell Grants need not apply again in subsequent years, unless they become independent of their family.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • MICHAEL HONDA

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/14/2016

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