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Read. Follow. Verify.FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act (S. 4365)
Last action · April 21, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Sponsors: Tommy Tuberville and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill directs the Secretary of Education to work with the Social Security Administration to verify the Social Security numbers and citizenship status of individuals applying for federal student aid. It aims to streamline the verification process required for applications.
The bill mandates a specific inter-agency verification process for federal student aid applicants, which may change how quickly or accurately applications are processed for students and their families.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Federal student aid applicants
Applicants will have their Social Security numbers and citizenship status verified through a mandatory inter-agency process.
Department of Education
The agency is tasked with implementing the new verification cooperation process with the Social Security Administration.
Social Security Administration
The agency is required to cooperate with the Department of Education to verify applicant data.
Key Facts
- The bill mandates that the Secretary of Education must verify the Social Security number and citizenship status of any individual required to provide such information for federal student aid.
- The Secretary of Education is required to cooperate with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to perform these verifications.
- The bill amends Section 484(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
- The verification requirement applies to information provided under sections 483, 484(a), and 494 of the Higher Education Act.
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- The bill grants the Secretary of Education authority to enforce these verification conditions notwithstanding any other provision of law.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
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Inter-agency Data Integration
The bill formalizes a mandatory data-sharing and verification pipeline between the Department of Education and the Social Security Administration for all federal student aid applicants.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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