[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1490 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1490

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain return 
information disclosed to institutions of higher education for financial 
    aid purposes to also be used for certain Federal TRIO programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2025

Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. 
  Thompson of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain return 
information disclosed to institutions of higher education for financial 
    aid purposes to also be used for certain Federal TRIO programs.

    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 ``TRIO Access Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN RETURN INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
              EDUCATION FOR FINANCIAL AID PURPOSES ALSO ALLOWED TO BE 
              USED FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS.

    Section 6103(l)(13)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(vii) Certain federal trio programs.--
                        Return information received pursuant to clause 
                        (iii)(I) may be used by the institution of 
                        higher education referred to in such clause for 
                        the purposes of the programs authorized under 
                        sections 402D and 402E of the Higher Education 
                        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-14 and 1070a-15; 
                        relating to student support services and the 
                        Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement 
                        Program), as in effect on the date of the 
                        enactment of this clause.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    (a) Authorization To Disclose FAFSA Information.--Section 
483(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090(a)(2)(D)(i)) is amended by striking ``to disclose to an 
institution'' and inserting ``to disclose to an institution for 
purposes of a program authorized under section 402D or 402E, and to 
disclose to an institution''.
    (b) Use of Information Provided to the Institution.--Section 
483(a)(3)(C)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090(a)(3)(C)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) shall use the information provided to 
                        the institution solely--
                                    ``(I) for the application, award, 
                                and administration of financial aid to 
                                the applicant; and
                                    ``(II) for purposes of a program 
                                authorized under section 402D or 
                                402E;''.
    (c) Notification and Approval Requirements for Requesting Tax 
Return Information.--Section 494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ``(v), and (vi)'' and 
        inserting ``(v), (vi), and (vii)''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by inserting ``and an institution of 
        higher education being unable to determine the eligibility of 
        such individual for a program authorized under section 402D or 
        402E'' before the semicolon.
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