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Became Public Law No: 118-145.
12/11/2024
Summary
FAFSA Deadline Act
This act requires the Department of Education (ED) to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) available by October 1 of each year. (Students apply for federal student aid by completing the FAFSA.)
Under current law, ED must enable applicants to submit the and initiate the processing of submitted by January 1 of the applicant's planned year of enrollment, and to the maximum extent practicable, on or around October 1 prior to the applicant's planned year of enrollment. This act removes the January 1 flexibility and imposes a statutory deadline for release of the as October 1.
The act also requires ED to certify to Congress by September 1 whether or not the FAFSA will be ready on October 1. If the FAFSA will not be ready by October 1, then the act requires the Secretary of Education to testify to Congress on (1) the anticipated failure to meet the deadline, and (2) the financial impact on students and families.
Public Law • 12/11/2024
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Enacted into Law
Public Law 118-145
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Originated in the House
Introduced
July 5, 2024
Committee Review
July 10, 2024
Floor Debate
November 15, 2024
Passed Chamber
Other Chamber
November 21, 2024
President
December 5, 2024
Enacted into Law
December 11, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-145.
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Committee Reports (1)
Related Bills (2)
H.Res. 1568
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8932) to establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7409) to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8446) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other purposes.
S. 4632
FAFSA Deadline Act of 2024