Legislation· Dec 2024Sponsored by Erin Houchin (R)
FAFSA Deadline Act
Requires the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) to open by October 1 each year.
Tradeoff
Sets an October 1 release date for the FAFSA, replacing the January 1 processing deadline. If the form will be late, the Education Secretary must warn Congress and testify on the effects.
What's in it
The House passed this 381-1 on November 15, 2024. The Senate passed it by on November 21, 2024, and it became law.
House
Introduced
(Jul 5, 2024)
House
Committee on Education and the Workforce(Jul 5, 2024)
House
The Committee on Education and the Workforce voted to send it to the floor
Reported 34 - 6(Jul 10, 2024)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-695.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #465 · Nov 15, 2024)
381 yeanay 1Senate
Received from the House
Received(Nov 18, 2024)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Nov 21, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Sent to the President
(Dec 5, 2024)
White House · Signature
Signed
Joe Biden (D)
Enacted
Became law(Dec 11, 2024)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Brandon Williams (R-NY)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- William R. Timmons (R-SC)
Final passage· Nov 15, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025