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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2272 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To make certain individuals ineligible to receive any Federal financial aid |
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| 6 | 6 | | under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. P |
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| 10 | 10 | | FLUGER(for himself and Mr. EDWARDS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To make certain individuals ineligible to receive any Federal |
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| 14 | 14 | | financial aid under title IV of the Higher Education |
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| 15 | 15 | | Act of 1965. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freeze Aid For Stu-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | dent Assaulters Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘FAFSA Act of 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2025’’. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) T |
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| 24 | 24 | | ERMINATION OFELIGIBILITY FORTITLEIV AS-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SISTANCE.—Beginning with the first award year that be-9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | gins after the date of the enactment of the Freeze Aid 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | For Student Assaulters Act of 2025, an individual shall 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | not be eligible to receive any grant, loan (other than a 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | loan described in subsection (b)), or work assistance under 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1070 et seq.) and shall repay, in accordance with sub-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | section (b), the sum of the amounts of any grant received 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | under such title, if the individual has been convicted of 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | a criminal offense— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) of assault against a police officer; or 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) of rioting, the elements of which may in-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | clude— 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) inciting a riot; 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) organizing, promoting, encouraging, 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | participating in, or carrying on a riot; 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) committing any act of violence in fur-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | therance of a riot; or 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (D) aiding or abetting any person in incit-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ing or participating in or carrying on a riot or 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | committing any act of violence in furtherance of 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | a riot. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) C |
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| 51 | 51 | | ONVERSION OFGRANTS TOLOANS.— 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | N GENERAL.—If an individual who is sub-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ject to the termination of eligibility described in sub-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | section (a) has received any grants under title IV of 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 2272 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | et seq.) for a program of study in which the indi-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | vidual is enrolled as of the date on which the crimi-2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | nal offense occurred, such grant shall be treated as 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | part D of such title, and shall be subject to repay-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ment, together with interest thereon accruing from 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the date of the grant award. 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) N |
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| 68 | 68 | | O REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE .—Such loans 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | may not be eligible for any loan forgiveness, can-9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | cellation, discharge, or reduction programs under the 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | seq.), any other provision of law, or any administra-12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tive action or program. 13 |
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