; and (ii) direct an applicant to appropriate questions on such forms based on the applicant’s answers to previous questions; and (B) allow single taxpayers, married taxpayers filing jointly, and married taxpayers filing separately to utilize the current data retrieval tool to its full capacity. (2) Use of tax return in application process The Secretary shall continue to examine whether data provided by the Internal Revenue Service can be used to generate an expected family contribution without additional action on the part of the student and taxpayer. (3) Reports on FAFSA simplification efforts Not less than once every other year, the Secretary shall report to the authorizing committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the progress of the simplification efforts under this subsection. ; (6) by repealing subsection (g); (7) redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g); and (8) by adding at the end the following: (h) Data transparency on the number of applicants (1) In general The Secretary shall annually publish data on the number of individuals who apply for Federal student aid pursuant to this section who are homeless children and youths (as such term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a )), including unaccompanied youth, and foster care children and youth. (2) Contents The data described in paragraph (1) with respect to homeless children and youths shall include, at a minimum, for each application cycle— (A) the total number of all applicants who were determined to be (or to be at risk of becoming) unaccompanied homeless youth, under section 480(d)(1)(H); (B) the number of applicants described in subparagraph (A), disaggregated— (i) by State; and (ii) by the sources of determination as described in clauses (i) through (iv) of section 480(d)(1)(H)