Up to 60 percent of the applications each year at some institutions now contain patterns of reported data that. historically. have proven to be erroneous. This provision of current law permits institutions to manipulate the system by delaying the processing of difficult or errorprone aid applications until after the 30 percent limitation has been reached. In addition. section 495 of the bill would substitute an authoirty for the immigration status alternative verification system for the current sections 484(h). (i). and (j). These current subsections were added by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). which also permitted this verification system to be waived if an alternative system would be more costeffective. The Secretary determined that a centralized computer matching program implemented by the Department using INS information accomplishes the goals of IRCA through more economical and less burdensome means. and received a waiver of the subsections in current law. Thus. the current subsections are obsolete and create confusion on the part of institutions with regard to their verification responsibilities.
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