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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1490 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain return informa- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tion disclosed to institutions of higher education for financial aid pur- |
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| 7 | 7 | | poses to also be used for certain Federal TRIO programs. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | OOREof Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | T |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOMPSONof Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently |
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| 16 | 16 | | determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi- |
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| 17 | 17 | | sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow cer- |
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| 20 | 20 | | tain return information disclosed to institutions of higher |
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| 21 | 21 | | education for financial aid purposes to also be used for |
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| 22 | 22 | | certain Federal TRIO programs. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TRIO Access Act’’. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 1490 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. CERTAIN RETURN INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO IN-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | STITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR FI-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | NANCIAL AID PURPOSES ALSO ALLOWED TO 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BE USED FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL TRIO PRO-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | GRAMS. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 6103(l)(13)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | new clause: 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(vii) C |
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| 39 | 39 | | ERTAIN FEDERAL TRIO PRO -9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | GRAMS.—Return information received pur-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | suant to clause (iii)(I) may be used by the 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | institution of higher education referred to 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | in such clause for the purposes of the pro-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | grams authorized under sections 402D and 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 402E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (20 U.S.C. 1070a–14 and 1070a–15; relat-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ing to student support services and the 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Ronald. E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Achievement Program), as in effect on the 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | date of the enactment of this clause.’’. 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDU-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | CATION ACT OF 1965. 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (a) A |
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| 54 | 54 | | UTHORIZATIONTODISCLOSEFAFSA INFOR-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | MATION.—Section 483(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Edu-24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(2)(D)(i)) is 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | amended by striking ‘‘to disclose to an institution’’ and 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | •HR 1490 IH |
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| 61 | 61 | | inserting ‘‘to disclose to an institution for purposes of a 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | program authorized under section 402D or 402E, and to 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | disclose to an institution’’. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (b) U |
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| 65 | 65 | | SE OFINFORMATIONPROVIDED TO THEINSTI-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | TUTION.—Section 483(a)(3)(C)(i) of the Higher Edu-5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(3)(C)(i)) is amend-6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ed to read as follows: 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(i) shall use the information provided 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | to the institution solely— 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(I) for the application, award, 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and administration of financial aid to 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the applicant; and 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(II) for purposes of a program 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | authorized under section 402D or 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | 402E;’’. 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (c) N |
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| 78 | 78 | | OTIFICATION AND APPROVALREQUIREMENTS 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | FORREQUESTINGTAXRETURNINFORMATION.—Section 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | 494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | U.S.C. 1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘(v), and (vi)’’ 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | and inserting ‘‘(v), (vi), and (vii)’’; and 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and an institu-22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | tion of higher education being unable to determine 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the eligibility of such individual for a program au-24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | thorized under section 402D or 402E’’ before the 1 |
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