FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act (S. 4365)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
4/21/2026 • Senate
Summary
FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to verify the Social Security number (SSN) and citizenship status of any individual who is required to provide information to ED for federal student aid.
Currently, ED must work with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to verify the SSN of a student who is applying for federal student aid. This bill expands the requirement so that ED must work with the SSA to verify the SSN and citizenship status of any individual who is required to provide information to ED on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, including contributors. A contributor refers to anyone (the student, the student’s spouse, the student's biological or adoptive parent, or a parent’s spouse) who is required to provide information on the FAFSA form.
Introduced in Senate • 4/21/2026
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April 21, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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· Congress.gov, CRS, USAspending, FEC, LDA · Record updated Jul 15, 2026
- Congress.govLibrary of CongressStatus, actions, sponsors, cosponsors, committees and textRecord updated Jul 15, 2026 · Loaded Oct 31, 2026, 10:49 PM ET
- CRS bill summaryCongressional Research Service, via Congress.govOfficial summarySummary of the “Introduced in Senate” version, Apr 21, 2026 · Loaded Oct 31, 2026, 10:49 PM ET
- USAspending.govU.S. Department of the TreasuryRelated Federal Spending section
- FEC filingsFederal Election CommissionFunding & Lobbying section
- Lobbying disclosures (LDA)Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the HouseFunding & Lobbying section
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