Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the TRIO Access Act.
Section 2. Certain return information disclosed to institutions of higher education for financial aid purposes also allowed to be used for certain Federal TRIO programs
Section 6103(l)(13)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
(vii) Certain Federal TRIO programs
Return information received pursuant to clause (iii)(I) may be used by the institution of higher education referred to in such clause for the purposes of the programs authorized under sections 402D and 402E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–14 and 1070a–15; relating to student support services and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this clause.
(b) Use of information provided to the institution
Section 483(a)(3)(C)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(3)(C)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
(i) shall use the information provided to the institution solely—
(I) for the application, award, and administration of financial aid to the applicant; and
(II) for purposes of a program authorized under section 402D or 402E;
(c) Notification and Approval Requirements for requesting tax return information
Section 494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)(II), by striking (v), and (vi) and inserting (v), (vi), and (vii); and
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting and an institution of higher education being unable to determine the eligibility of such individual for a program authorized under section 402D or 402E before the semicolon.