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Bill · 119th Congress · S 4365

FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act

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Introduced 2026-04-21Topic: higher education · technology privacy · immigration

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-04-21SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.refer
2026-04-21Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.