Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026

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Introduced legislation that would require the Department of Education to identify and prioritize program review/oversight of institutions of higher education that disburse federal student aid without verifying the identity of students whose FAFSA applications present a reasonable suspicion of identity fraud. The bill layers a new statutory prioritization duty on top of existing FAFSA fraud-detection processes, targeting institutional accountability rather than creating a new detection mechanism. Status: introduced.

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