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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1490
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain return informa-
tion disclosed to institutions of higher education for financial aid pur-
poses to also be used for certain Federal TRIO programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY21, 2025
Ms. M
OOREof Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr.
T
HOMPSONof Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow cer-
tain return information disclosed to institutions of higher
education for financial aid purposes to also be used for
certain Federal TRIO programs.
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 ‘‘TRIO Access Act’’. 4
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SEC. 2. CERTAIN RETURN INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO IN-1
STITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR FI-2
NANCIAL AID PURPOSES ALSO ALLOWED TO 3
BE USED FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL TRIO PRO-4
GRAMS. 5
Section 6103(l)(13)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code 6
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 7
new clause: 8
‘‘(vii) C
ERTAIN FEDERAL TRIO PRO -9
GRAMS.—Return information received pur-10
suant to clause (iii)(I) may be used by the 11
institution of higher education referred to 12
in such clause for the purposes of the pro-13
grams authorized under sections 402D and 14
402E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 15
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–14 and 1070a–15; relat-16
ing to student support services and the 17
Ronald. E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate 18
Achievement Program), as in effect on the 19
date of the enactment of this clause.’’. 20
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDU-21
CATION ACT OF 1965. 22
(a) A
UTHORIZATIONTODISCLOSEFAFSA INFOR-23
MATION.—Section 483(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Edu-24
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(2)(D)(i)) is 25
amended by striking ‘‘to disclose to an institution’’ and 26
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inserting ‘‘to disclose to an institution for purposes of a 1
program authorized under section 402D or 402E, and to 2
disclose to an institution’’. 3
(b) U
SE OFINFORMATIONPROVIDED TO THEINSTI-4
TUTION.—Section 483(a)(3)(C)(i) of the Higher Edu-5
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(3)(C)(i)) is amend-6
ed to read as follows: 7
‘‘(i) shall use the information provided 8
to the institution solely— 9
‘‘(I) for the application, award, 10
and administration of financial aid to 11
the applicant; and 12
‘‘(II) for purposes of a program 13
authorized under section 402D or 14
402E;’’. 15
(c) N
OTIFICATION AND APPROVALREQUIREMENTS 16
FORREQUESTINGTAXRETURNINFORMATION.—Section 17
494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 18
U.S.C. 1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 19
(1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘(v), and (vi)’’ 20
and inserting ‘‘(v), (vi), and (vii)’’; and 21
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and an institu-22
tion of higher education being unable to determine 23
the eligibility of such individual for a program au-24
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thorized under section 402D or 402E’’ before the 1
semicolon. 2
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