H. R. 8932
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
An Act
To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FAFSA Deadline Act’’.
SEC. 2. 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’’.
SEC. 3. 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—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) C
ERTIFICATION AND TESTIMONY REQUIREMENTS .—
The Secretary shall, with respect to each application proc-
essing cycle, prior to the initiation of such processing
cycle—
‘‘(i) on a date that is not later than September
1—
‘‘(I) certify to the authorizing committees that
the Department will meet the October 1 deadline
specified in subparagraph (A) for such processing
cycle; or
‘‘(II) certify to such committees that the
Department will not meet such deadline; and
‘‘(ii) 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—
‘‘(I) the anticipated failure to meet such dead-
line; and H. R. 8932—2
‘‘(II) the financial impact such failure will have
on students and families.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.