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H. Rept. 119-668 1 (2026-05-26)

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                    119TH CONGRESS                                        REPORT
                       2d Session  j  HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES          119-668





                    STUDENT AID FRAUD OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
                                              ACT  OF  2026


                     MAY 26, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                       the Union and ordered to be printed


                     Mr. WALBERG,   from the Committee  on Education  and Workforce,
                                         submitted  the following


                                             REPORT

                                             together  with

                                        SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS

                                           [To accompany H.R. 7891]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
                      The  Committee  on  Education  and Workforce,  to whom   was re-
                    ferred the bill (H.R. 7891) to amend  section 498A  of the Higher
                    Education  Act of 1965  to require the  Secretary of Education  to
                    prioritize program reviews of institutions of higher education that
                    disburse Federal financial aid under  title IV of such Act without
                    verifying the identity of a student whose FAFSA presents a reason-
                    able suspicion of identity fraud, having considered the  same, re-
                    ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
                    the bill as amended do pass.
                      The amendment is   as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability
                    Act of 2026.
                    SEC. 2. PROGRAM REVIEW PRIORITY CATEGORY.
                      (a) PROGRAM REVIEW PRIORITY CATEGoRY.-Section 498A(a)(2) of the Higher Edu-
                    cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099c-1(a)(2)) is amended-
                         (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end;
                         (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G), and striking
                       and after the semicolon at the end of such subparagraph; and
                         (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
                            (F) institutions identified under paragraph (4); and.


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