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H.R. 4680: Equitable Student Aid Access Act

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H.R. 4680: Equitable Student Aid Access Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-15 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Equitable Student Aid Access Act

Plain summary

Equitable Student Aid Access Act This bill revises certain income requirements for calculating federal student financial aid amounts, and it requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish certain requirements for financial aid offers. Specifically, the bill eliminates the simplified needs test in financial aid applications for families with income below a specified threshold, and it increases the income threshold that automatically qualifies a student for certain financial aid. When determining the total income of an applicant or an applicant's household, ED shall provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to simplify applications used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility. ED must also conduct consumer testing to serve as the basis for determining requirements for financial aid offers. A financial aid offer must contain information such as cost of attendance and sources of available financial aid, as well as a standardized quick reference box to enable comparison of information on college costs and financial aid.

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Official text

Equitable Student Aid Access Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · 79 cosponsors

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Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James A. Himes (D-CT), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John B. Larson (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and 19 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] reported raising $471,289 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong116-hr4680 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116