Sec. 103. Zero expected family contribution

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Section 479 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087ss ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary shall consider an applicant to have an expected family contribution equal to zero if— in the case of a dependent student— the student’s parents file, or are eligible to file, a qualifying form or certify that the parents are not required to file a Federal income tax return; and the sum of the adjusted gross income of the parents is less than or equal to $34,000; or the student’s parents, or the student, received benefits at some time during the previous 24-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program; in the case of an independent student without regard to whether the student has dependents other than a spouse— the student (and the student's spouse, if any) files, or is eligible to file, a qualifying form or certifies that the student (and the student's spouse, if any) is not required to file a Federal income tax return; and the sum of the adjusted gross income of the student and spouse (if appropriate) is less than or equal to $34,000; or the student received benefits at some time during the previous 24-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program; or the applicant is a pathway one applicant under section 483(a)(13).

An individual is not required to qualify or file for the earned income credit in order to be eligible under this section. The Secretary shall annually adjust the income level necessary to qualify an applicant for the zero expected family contribution. The income level shall be annually increased by the estimated percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, as defined in section 478(f), for the most recent calendar year ending prior to the beginning of an award year, and rounded to the nearest $1,000.

In this section: The term qualifying form means, in the case of an independent student, the student, or in the case of a dependent student, the family, files— a form 1040A or 1040EZ (including any prepared or electronic version of such form) required pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; a form 1040 (including any prepared or electronic version of such form) required pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that such form shall be considered a qualifying form only if the student or family files such form in order to take a tax credit under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and would otherwise be eligible to file a form described in subparagraph (A); or an income tax return (including any prepared or electronic version of such return) required pursuant to the tax code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau.

For purposes of this paragraph, a means-tested Federal benefit program means a mandatory spending program of the Federal Government, other than a program under this title, in which eligibility for the program's benefits, or the amount of such benefits, are determined on the basis of income or resources of the individual or family seeking the benefit, and may include such programs as— the supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); the program of block grants for States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ); the State Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); and other programs identified by the Secretary. .

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