Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

This bill increases the income limit to qualify for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid Simplified Needs Test from $50,000 to $100,000.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2595 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2595

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income limit 
                     of the simplified needs test.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2019

 Mr. Kinzinger (for himself and Mrs. Beatty) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income limit 
                     of the simplified needs test.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Middle Class Access to 
Higher Education Act''.

SEC. 2. SIMPLIFIED NEEDS TEST.

    Section 479(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087ss(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
        inserting ``$100,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
        inserting ``$100,000''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect with respect to 
award year 2019-2020, and each succeeding award year.
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