S. 4365 119th Congress Senate

FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act

Official title: A bill 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 Secretar… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: April 21, 2026 Introduced by: Tommy Tuberville Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Apr 21, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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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.

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Moody, Ashley

Florida · May 11, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4365: FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4365/

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