II 118THCONGRESS 2 DSESSION S. 4632 To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY8, 2024 Mr. C ASSIDYintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FAFSA Deadline Act 4 of 2024’’. 5 SEC. 2. FAFSA SUBMISSION DATE. 6 Section 483(d)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(d)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘not 8 later than January 1 of the applicant’s planned year of 9 enrollment, to the maximum extent practicable, on or 10 around October 1 prior to the applicant’s planned year 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Aug 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4632.IS S4632 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4632 IS of enrollment’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than October 1 1 prior to the applicant’s planned year of enrollment’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Aug 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4632.IS S4632 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS