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H. Rept. 119-730 1 (2026-07-02)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiks0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 119TH CONGRESS I 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT 119-730 FAFSA VERIFICATION EFFICIENCY ACT JULY 2, 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 MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 7893] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 7893) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the process for the verification of social security numbers required to be provided to the Secretary of Education for Federal student aid, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec- ommends 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 FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act. SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER VERIFICATION. Section 484(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(o)) is amend- ed, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary and all that follows through following conditions and inserting Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education, in cooperation with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, shall verify the social security number and citizenship status of any individual that is required to be provided to the Secretary for Federal student aid under sections 483, 484(a), and 494, and shall enforce the following conditions. PURPOSE H.R. 7893, FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act, amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to improve the process for the 69-006 AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4