1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Simple FAFSA Act of 2017 . 2. Special rules (a) References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). (b) Orderly Transition The Secretary shall take such steps as are necessary to provide for the orderly transition to, and implementation of, the amendments made by this Act. The authority provided in the preceding sentence shall cease on the day that is one year after the effective date of this Act. 3. Effective date; table of contents (a) Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect with respect to the first award year beginning after the first October after the date of enactment of this Act and each succeeding award year. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Special rules. Sec. 3. Effective date