1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act . 2. Emergency financial aid grant program Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: F Emergency Financial Aid Grants 791. Emergency financial aid grant program (a) Emergency financial aid grant programs authorized The Secretary shall carry out a grant program to make grants, in accordance with subsection (b), to eligible entities to provide emergency financial aid grants to eligible students in accordance with subsection (c). (b) Application (1) In general Each eligible entity desiring to carry out an emergency grant aid program under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (2) Outreach The Secretary shall, at least 60 days before each deadline to submit applications under paragraph (1), conduct outreach to institutions of higher education (including such institutions that are eligible for priority under this section) and systems of higher education to provide such institutions and systems with information on the opportunity to apply under paragraph (1) to carry out an emergency grant aid program under this section. (3) Contents Each application under paragraph (1) shall include a description of the emergency grant aid program to be carried out by the eligible entity, including— (A) an estimate of the number of emergency financial aid grants that such entity will make in an award year and how such eligible entity assessed such estimate; (B) the criteria the eligible entity will use to determine a student's eligibility for an emergency financial aid grant