Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/828

 PUBLIC LAW 110–84—SEPT. 27, 2007

121 STAT. 807

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(D) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; (E) by inserting after subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: ‘‘(H) has been verified during the school year in which the application is submitted as either an unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth (as such terms are defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act), or as unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting, by— ‘‘(i) a local educational agency homeless liaison, designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; ‘‘(ii) the director of a program funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act or a designee of the director; ‘‘(iii) the director of a program funded under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (relating to emergency shelter grants) or a designee of the director; or ‘‘(iv) a financial aid administrator; or’’; and (F) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) SIMPLIFYING THE DEPENDENCY OVERRIDE PROCESS.— A financial aid administrator may make a determination of independence under paragraph (1)(I) based upon a documented determination of independence that was previously made by another financial aid administrator under such paragraph in the same award year.’’; (4) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(5) special combat pay.’’; (5) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) A qualified education benefit shall be considered an asset of— ‘‘(A) the student if the student is an independent student; or ‘‘(B) the parent if the student is a dependent student, regardless of whether the owner of the account is the student or the parent.’’; (6) in subsection (j)— (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or a distribution that is not includable in gross income under section 529 of such Code, under another prepaid tuition plan offered by a State, or under a Coverdell education savings account under section 530 of such Code,’’ after ‘‘1986’’; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), special combat pay shall not be treated as estimated financial assistance for purposes of section 471(3).’’; and (7) by adding at the end the following:

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