Sec. 4. FAFSA pathways
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Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than the first day of the first award year beginning after the first October after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Treasury, under which any information exchanged under an income and eligibility verification system established pursuant to section 1137 of the Social Security Act by State agencies administering a program listed in paragraph (1), (4), or
(5)of subsection
(b)of such section which may be of use in establishing or verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under such program shall be made available to the Secretary of Education to assist in determining whether the applicant (or, in the case of a dependent applicant, whether the applicant or the applicant’s parents) received a benefit at some time during the previous 24-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program, but subject to the requirements of Federal law. For any award year for which an applicant applies for financial assistance under this title— the applicant shall provide on the form described in this subsection whether the applicant received (or, in the case of a dependent applicant, whether the applicant or the parents of the applicant received) a benefit at some time during the previous 24-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program; and the Secretary, to the extent practicable and pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding entered into under subparagraph (A), and without any further action by the applicant, shall verify the applicant’s (or, in the case of a dependent applicant, the applicant’s or the applicant’s parents) receipt of such benefit. With respect to an applicant who received (or, in the case of a dependent applicant, an applicant who received or whose parents received) a benefit at some time during the previous 24-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program, the applicant shall not be required to provide any further income or asset information on the form under this subsection. For purposes of this section and part F, an applicant described in clause
(i)shall be referred to as a pathway one applicant . With respect to an applicant who is not a pathway one applicant and is described in clause (ii), the Secretary, to the extent practicable, shall use the data retrieval tool under section 484(q) to obtain any information for the applicant beyond the information described in subparagraph
(A)for purposes of the form under this subsection. An applicant described in this clause is an applicant who certifies that— the applicant is not required to file or, in the case of a dependent applicant, no parent of the applicant is required to file— a Federal income tax return; or with respect to Internal Revenue Service Form 1040, any of the following forms: Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule C, Schedule C–EZ, Schedule D, Schedule E, Schedule F, Schedule H, Schedule J, and Schedule SE; and the sum of the adjusted gross income of the applicant or, in the case of a dependent applicant, the parents of the applicant, is less than or equal to $60,000. For purposes of this section and part F, an applicant described in clause
(i)shall be referred to as a pathway two applicant . With respect to an applicant who is not a pathway one applicant or a pathway two applicant, the Secretary, to the extent practicable, shall use the data retrieval tool under section 484(q) to obtain any information for the applicant beyond the information described in subparagraph
(A)for purposes of the form under this subsection. For purposes of this section and part F, an applicant described in clause
(i)shall be referred to as a pathway three applicant . For purposes of this paragraph, the term means-tested Federal benefit program has the meaning given the term in section 479(d). .
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