Reduce Barriers to College Act

Summary

Reduce Barriers to College Act This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that the implemented authentication processes used for all current and future online applications provide the level of assurance required by National Institute of Standards and Technology standards for the determined level of authentication risk. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, the IRS must establish an online portal for individuals to request that a verification of nonfiling for any taxable year be submitted to the Department of Education as part of the process of completing the individual's Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The portal must authenticate an individual's identity using a valid Social Security number and any one of several documents specified in the bill. The bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit certain independent students applying for federal student aid using the simplified needs test to obtain a verification of nonfiling from the IRS in lieu of certifying that the student (and the student's spouse, if any) is not required to file a federal income tax return.

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Timeline

1. 27 July 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 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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2. 27 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House · 27 July 2017 · Official file

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  Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2017

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] · D · Sponsor
• ALCEE HASTINGS · D · Sponsor
• Donald Payne · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Sponsor
• Dwight Evans · D · Sponsor
• Grace Napolitano · D · Sponsor
• Sheila Jackson Lee · D · Sponsor
• BOBBY RUSH · D · Sponsor
• Gwen Moore · D · Sponsor
• Keith Ellison · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] · D · Cosponsor
• Eric Swalwell · D · Cosponsor
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