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H.R. 5381 117th Congress House

FLAT Act

Official title: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the front-loading of grant aid by institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 27, 2021 Introduced by: Andy Kim Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 27, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 27, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Front-Loaded Aid Transparency Act or the FLAT Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the front-loading of grant aid by institutions of higher education (IHEs) for FY2007-FY2020. Front-loading refers to the practice of providing first-year students with a higher amount or percentage of grant aid than the IHE provides to second-year, third-year, or fourth-year students.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5381: FLAT Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5381/
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"H.R. 5381: FLAT Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5381/.
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H.R. 5381, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5381/.
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