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Student Aid Enhancement Act

H.R. 4662 · 115th Congress · Dec 15, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude the income and assets of dependent students in the calculation of the expected family contribution for such students.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Student Aid Enhancement Act”.

Sec. 2 Calculating expected family contribution for dependent students

Part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk et seq.) is amended—
(1)
in section 474(b) (20 U.S.C. 1087nn(b))—
(A)
in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “the student and”; and
(B)
in paragraph (4)(B), by striking “and (B) the student and” and inserting “or (B)”;
(2)
in section 475 (20 U.S.C. 1087oo)—
(A)
in subsection (a)—
(i)
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(ii)
by striking “the sum of” and all that follows through “the parents’ contribution” and inserting “the parents’ contribution”;
(B)
by striking subsections (g), (h), and (j); and
(C)
by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (g); and
(3)
in section 480(b)(1)(F) (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(b)(1)(F)), by striking “, except” and all that follows through “parents”.