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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2272
To make certain individuals ineligible to receive any Federal financial aid
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Mr. P
FLUGER(for himself and Mr. EDWARDS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To make certain individuals ineligible to receive any Federal
financial aid under title IV of the Higher Education
Act of 1965.
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 ‘‘Freeze Aid For Stu-4
dent Assaulters Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘FAFSA Act of 5
2025’’. 6
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 7
(a) T
ERMINATION OFELIGIBILITY FORTITLEIV AS-8
SISTANCE.—Beginning with the first award year that be-9
gins after the date of the enactment of the Freeze Aid 10
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For Student Assaulters Act of 2025, an individual shall 1
not be eligible to receive any grant, loan (other than a 2
loan described in subsection (b)), or work assistance under 3
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 4
1070 et seq.) and shall repay, in accordance with sub-5
section (b), the sum of the amounts of any grant received 6
under such title, if the individual has been convicted of 7
a criminal offense— 8
(1) of assault against a police officer; or 9
(2) of rioting, the elements of which may in-10
clude— 11
(A) inciting a riot; 12
(B) organizing, promoting, encouraging, 13
participating in, or carrying on a riot; 14
(C) committing any act of violence in fur-15
therance of a riot; or 16
(D) aiding or abetting any person in incit-17
ing or participating in or carrying on a riot or 18
committing any act of violence in furtherance of 19
a riot. 20
(b) C
ONVERSION OFGRANTS TOLOANS.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If an individual who is sub-22
ject to the termination of eligibility described in sub-23
section (a) has received any grants under title IV of 24
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 25
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et seq.) for a program of study in which the indi-1
vidual is enrolled as of the date on which the crimi-2
nal offense occurred, such grant shall be treated as 3
a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under 4
part D of such title, and shall be subject to repay-5
ment, together with interest thereon accruing from 6
the date of the grant award. 7
(2) N
O REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE .—Such loans 8
may not be eligible for any loan forgiveness, can-9
cellation, discharge, or reduction programs under the 10
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 11
seq.), any other provision of law, or any administra-12
tive action or program. 13
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