,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #aea #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bfcg ,report ,no4 #aac-bje ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #aj1 #bjac,ms4 ,foxx 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,kline1 and ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce ,september #aj1 #bjac;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,barletta1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,price of ,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4 ,rokita1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 and ,mr4 ,matheson ,september #aj1 #bjac,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,july #aj1 #bjac ,a ,,bill ,to prohibit the ,secretary of ,education from engaging in regulatory overreach with regard to institutional eligibility under title ,,iv of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,supporting ,academic ,freedom through ,regulatory ,relief ,act4 #b4 ,regulatory relief 7a7 ,regulations repealed 7#a7 ,repeal ,the following regulations 7including any supplement or revision to such regulations7 are repealed and shall have no legal effect3 7,a7 ,state authorization ,sections #fjj4d7;a77#c71 #fjj4e7;a77#d71 #fjj4f7;a77#c71 #fjj4i1 and #ffh4dc7;b7 of title #cd1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7relating to ,state authorization71 as added or amended by the final regulations published by the ,department of ,education in the ,federal ,register on ,october #bi1 #bjaj 7#ge ,fed4 ,reg4 #ffhcb et seq474 7,b7 ,definition of credit hour ,the definition of the term credit hour in section #fjj4b of title #cd1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 as added by the final regulations published by the ,department of ,education in the ,federal ,register on ,october #bi1 #bjaj 7#ge ,fed4 ,reg4 #ffidf71 and clauses 7i77,a71 7ii71 and 7iii7 of subsection 7k77#b7 of section #ffh4h of such title1 as amended by such final regulations 7#ge ,fed4 ,reg4 #ffidi et seq474 7,c7 ,gainful employment ,sections #fjj4aj7;c71 #fjj4bj7;d71 #ffh4f1 and #ffh4g1 of title #cd1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations as added or amended by the final regulations published by the ,department of ,education in the ,federal ,register on ,october #bi1 #bjaj 7#ge ,fed4 ,reg4 #ffhcb et seq4 and #ge ,fed4 ,reg4 #ffffe et seq47 and ,june #ac1 #bjaa 7#gf ,fed4 ,reg4 #cdchf et seq474 7#b7 ,effect of repeal ,to the extent that regulations repealed by paragraph 7#a7 amended regulations that were in effect on ,june #cj1 #bjaa1 the provisions of the regulations that were in effect on ,june #cj1 #bjaa1 and were so amended are restored and revived as if the regulations repealed by paragraph 7#a7 had not taken effect4 7b7 ,certain regulations prohibited 7#a7 ,state authorization and gainful employment 7,a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,education shall not1 during the period described in subparagraph 7,b71 promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule not in effect on the date of enactment of this ,act for any purpose under the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et seq47 with respect to-- 7i7 the ,state authorization for institutions of higher education to operate within a ,state2 or 7ii7 the definition or application of the term gainful employment4 7,b7 ,period of prohibition ,the period during which the ,secretary is prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a regulation described in subparagraph 7,a7 shall be the period beginning on the date of enactment of this ,act and ending on the date of enactment of a law that extends by not less than #b fiscal years the authorization or duration of one or more programs under the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et seq474 7#b7 ,credit hour ,the ,secretary of ,education shall not1 on or after the date of enactment of this ,act1 promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule with respect to the definition of the term credit hour for any purpose under the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et seq474 #c4 ,third-party service providers ,section #dhg7;a77#bj7 of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;a77#bj77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 ,notwithstanding the preceding sentence1 an institution described in section #aja may provide payment1 based on the amount of tuition generated by the institution from student enrollment1 to a third-party entity that provides a set of services to the institution that includes student recruitment services1 regardless of whether the third-party entity is affiliated with an institution that provides educational services other than the institution providing such payment1 if-- 7,a7 the third-party entity is not affiliated with the institution providing such payment2 7,b7 the third-party entity does not make compensation payments to its employees that are prohibited under this paragraph2 7,c7 the set of services provided to the institution by the third-party entity include services in addition to student recruitment services1 and the institution does not pay the third-party entity solely or separately for student recruitment services provided by the third-party entity2 and 7,d7 any student recruitment information available to the third-party entity1 including personally identifiable information1 will not be used by1 shared with1 or sold to any other person or entity1 including any institution that is affiliated with the third-party entity4 4 ,september #aj1 #bjac,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed