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 120 STAT. 174

PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006

(as determined under the preceding sentence) or 5 percent.’’; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking ‘‘2000–2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2007–2008’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. (e) EMPLOYMENT EXPENSE ALLOWANCE.—Section 478(h) (20 U.S.C. 1087rr(h)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘476(b)(4)(B),’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘meals away from home, apparel and upkeep, transportation, and housekeeping services’’ and inserting ‘‘food away from home, apparel, transportation, and household furnishings and operations’’. SEC. 8018. SIMPLIFIED NEED TEST AND AUTOMATIC ZERO IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 479 (20 U.S.C. 1087ss) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: ‘‘(i) the student’s parents— ‘‘(I) file, or are eligible to file, a form described in paragraph (3); ‘‘(II) certify that the parents are not required to file a Federal income tax return; or ‘‘(III) received, or the student received, benefits at some time during the previous 12-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program as defined under subsection (d); and’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: ‘‘(i) the student (and the student’s spouse, if any)— ‘‘(I) files, or is eligible to file, a form described in paragraph (3); ‘‘(II) certifies that the student (and the student’s spouse, if any) is not required to file a Federal income tax return; or ‘‘(III) received benefits at some time during the previous 12-month period under a meanstested Federal benefit program as defined under subsection (d); and’’; and (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘A student or family files a form described in this subsection, or subsection (c), as the case maybe, if the student or family, respectively, files’’ and inserting ‘‘In the case of an independent student, the student, or in the case of a dependent student, the family, files a form described in this subsection, or subsection (c), as the case may be, if the student or family, as appropriate, files’’; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) the student’s parents—

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