BASIC Act of 2026

(10) Report on student food, housing, and basic needs insecurity. The Secretary shall produce—

(A) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the BASIC Act of 2026, and at least once every 4 years thereafter, a public report with nationally representative statistics based on a survey of students who have applied for Federal financial aid and who enroll at institutions of higher education and are experiencing basic needs insecurity, including food, housing, transportation, child care, or other needs determined by the Secretary, disaggregated, to the extent available in existing Federal databases, by—

(i) race and ethnicity;

(ii) income quintile;

(iii) status as a first generation college student (as defined in section 402A(h));

(iv) Federal Pell Grant eligibility status;

(v) disability status;

(vi) status as a student parent;

(vii) sex;

(viii) military or veteran benefit status; and

(ix) to the maximum extent practicable, the State in which the student attended higher education; and

(B) not later than 1 year after enactment of the BASIC Act of 2026, a report to the authorizing committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the directives of this subsection related to connecting students to federally funded benefit programs, including any areas of concern and potential problem issues uncovered that may hamper such implementation and solutions determined to address such issues.