{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-8932","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 8932","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-145","introduced":"2024-07-05","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-11-15","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h465","question":"On Passage","title":"FAFSA Deadline Act","result":"Passed","yea":381,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":50,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll465.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2024-11-21","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6696)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-12-11"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-145.","date":"2024-12-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-12-11","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"FAFSA Deadline Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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.)"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":165},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set October 1 before the applicant's planned year of enrollment as the date by which the Department of Education must make the FAFSA process available, and to add certification and testimony requirements tied to that date.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#HB570691205EC4D2C8ABACF2BFB8BDD99:~:text=2.%20Establishment%20of%20earlier%20application%20processing%20cycle"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#H7682651C89C146C5B1D85A83BD0F29AD:~:text=3.%20Certification%20and%20testimony%20requirements"}]},"core_areas":["FAFSA application processing cycle deadline","Department of Education certification and testimony to authorizing committees"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"FAFSA Deadline Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#H68FE6F794EC74B01B622BB3BE7C4CF88:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"}},{"text":"Amends section 483(d)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 by replacing the January 1 date and the \"to the maximum extent practicable, on or around October 1\" wording with \"not later than October 1 prior to the applicant's planned year of enrollment\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#HB570691205EC4D2C8ABACF2BFB8BDD99:~:text=2.%20Establishment%20of%20earlier%20application%20processing%20cycle"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Education, for each application processing cycle and before that cycle is initiated, to certify to the authorizing committees by September 1 whether or not the Department will meet the October 1 deadline.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#H7682651C89C146C5B1D85A83BD0F29AD:~:text=3.%20Certification%20and%20testimony%20requirements"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, if the Department certifies that it will not meet the October 1 deadline, to testify before the authorizing committees by September 30.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#H7682651C89C146C5B1D85A83BD0F29AD:~:text=3.%20Certification%20and%20testimony%20requirements"}},{"text":"Requires that testimony to cover the anticipated failure to meet the deadline and the financial impact the failure will have on students and families.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr#H7682651C89C146C5B1D85A83BD0F29AD:~:text=3.%20Certification%20and%20testimony%20requirements"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8932/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8932.png","v":"f7fd0e5ac788","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8932, 118th Congress: FAFSA Deadline Act. House: 381 Yea, 1 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 11 Dec 2024."}}