,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #cdab ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,october #cj1 #bjac,mr4 ,gowdy 7for himself and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,rules1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to establish the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force1 to expand the experimental sites initiative under the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife to reduce college costs for students1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,flexibility to ,innovate for ,college ,affordability ,act4 #b4 ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force 7a7 ,task ,force established ,not later than #b months after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,education shall establish the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force4 7b7 ,membership ,the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force shall include-- 7#a7 the ,secretary of ,education or the ,secretary's designee2 7#b7 the head of each other ,federal agency 7or such head's designee7 that the ,secretary of ,education determines to be relevant to the activities of the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force2 7#c7 a representative of the ,advisory ,committee on ,student ,financial ,assistance established under section #dia of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajih72 7#d7 representatives from the higher education community1 including-- 7,a7 institutions of higher education1 with equal representation of public and private nonprofit institutions1 and two-year and four-year institutions1 and with not less than #be percent of such representative institutions carrying out distance education programs2 and 7,b7 nonprofit organizations representing institutions of higher education2 and 7#e7 any other entity or individual the ,secretary of ,education determines appropriate4 7c7 ,activities 7#a7 ,report required ,not later than #f months after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,education shall submit to ,congress and make available on a publicly available website a report 7in this ,act referred to as the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report7 prepared by the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force on ,federal regulatory requirements for institutions of higher education4 ,in prioritizing the review and consideration of such regulatory requirements for the purposes of the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report1 the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force shall give highest priority to regulations that are in effect at the time of such review and consideration and related to-- 7,a7 ,state authorization of distance education2 7,b7 the ,integrated ,postsecondary ,education ,data ,system 7,,ipeds72 7,c7 the ,office of ,management and ,budget's ,a-#ba ,circular2 7,d7 reporting under the ,jeanne ,clery ,disclosure of ,campus ,security ,policy and ,campus ,crime ,statistics ,act2 7,e7 calculation of default rates under section #dce7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife2 7,f7 gainful employment2 7,g7 revenue requirements for institutions of higher education under section #dhg7;a77#bd7 and 7d7 of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife2 and 7,h7 the ,single ,audit ,act of #aihd and the ,office of ,management and ,budget's ,a-#acc ,circular4 7#b7 ,contents of report ,the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report shall contain the following with respect to regulatory requirements for institutions of higher education3 7,a7 ,a list of rules that are determined to be outmoded1 duplicative1 ineffective1 or excessively burdensome4 7,b7 ,for each rule listed in accordance with subparagraph 7,a7 and that is in effect at the time of the review under subparagraph 7,a71 an analysis of whether the costs outweigh the benefits for such rule4 7,c7 ,recommendations to consolidate1 modify1 simplify1 or repeal such rules to make such rules more effective or less burdensome4 7,d7 ,a description of the justification for and impact of the recommendations described in subparagraph 7,c71 as appropriate and available1 including supporting data for such justifications and the financial impact of such recommendations on institutions of higher education of varying sizes and types4 7,e7 ,recommendations on the establishment of a permanent entity to review new regulatory requirements affecting institutions of higher education4 7#c7 ,notice and comment ,at least #cj days before submission of the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report required under paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary of ,education shall publish the report in the ,federal ,register for public notice and comment4 ,the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force may modify the report in response to any comments received before submission of the report to ,congress4 7d7 ,definition of institution of higher education ,for the purposes of this section1 the term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in section #ajb of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb71 except that such term does not include institutions described in subsection 7a77#a77;,c7 of such section #ajb4 #c4 ,expedited consideration by ,congress 7a7 ,presentation of ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report to ,congress and expedited consideration 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president shall propose1 at the time and in the manner provided in paragraph 7#b71 the carrying out of all or part of the recommendations contained in the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report prepared by the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,task ,force in accordance with section #b4 7#b7 ,transmittal of special message ,not later than #abj days after the submission of the ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform ,report to ,congress under section #b7;c71 the ,president shall transmit to ,congress a special message to carry out all or part of the recommendations contained in such ,report4 ,the ,president shall include with that special message a bill that would carry out the recommendations4 ,the ,president may not transmit more than one such special message each year4 7#c7 ,expedited consideration of ,president's ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform bill 7,a7 ,higher ,education ,regulatory ,reform bill ,within #ad days after the ,president submits to ,congress a bill under paragraph 7#b71 the majority leader of the ,house of ,representatives and the majority leader of the ,senate shall each introduce such bill1 by request4 7,b7 ,consideration in the ,house of ,representatives 7i7 ,referral and reporting ,any committee of the ,house of ,representatives to which such bill is referred shall report it to the ,house without amendment not later than the #adth legislative day after the date of its introduction4 ,if a committee fails to report the bill within that period or the ,house has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a ,congress1 such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar4 7ii7 ,proceeding to consideration ,not later than #ba legislative days after such bill is reported or a committee has been discharged from further consideration thereof1 it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider such bill in the ,house4 ,such a motion shall be highly privileged and not debatable1 and shall be in order only at a time designated by the ,speaker in the legislative schedule within two legislative days after the day on which the proponent announces an intention to the ,house to offer the motion provided that such notice may not be given until such bill is reported or a committee has been discharged from further consideration thereof4 ,such a motion shall not be in order after the ,house has disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to that special message4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order4 7iii7 ,consideration ,if the motion to proceed is agreed to1 the ,house shall immediately proceed to consider such bill in the ,house without intervening motion4 ,such bill shall be considered as read4 ,all points of order against the bill and against its consideration are waived4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to its passage without intervening motion except #d hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit debate on the bill4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the bill shall not be in order4 7,c7 ,consideration in the ,senate 7i7 ,committee action ,the appropriate committee of the ,senate shall report without amendment the bill referred to in subparagraph 7,a7 not later than the seventh session day after introduction4 ,if a committee fails to report the bill within that period or the ,senate has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a ,congress1 the ,committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar4 7ii7 ,motion to proceed ,not later than #c session days after the bill is reported in the ,senate or the committee has been discharged thereof1 it shall be in order for any ,senator to move to proceed to consider the bill in the ,senate4 ,the motion shall be decided without debate and the motion to reconsider shall be deemed to have been laid on the table4 ,such a motion shall not be in order after the ,senate has disposed of a prior motion to proceed with respect to the draft bill4 7iii7 ,consideration ,if a motion to proceed to the consideration of the draft bill is agreed to1 the ,senate shall immediately proceed to consideration of the draft bill without intervening motion1 order1 or other business1 and the draft bill shall remain the unfinished business of the ,senate until disposed of4 ,consideration on the bill in the ,senate under this subsection1 and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith1 shall not exceed #aj hours equally divided in the usual form4 ,all points of order against the draft bill or its consideration are waived4 ,consideration in the ,senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with the draft bill shall be limited to not more than #aj hours4 ,a motion to postpone1 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business1 or a motion to recommit the draft bill is not in order4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote by which the draft bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order4 7,d7 ,amendments prohibited ,no amendment to1 or motion to strike a provision from1 the draft bill considered under this section shall be in order in either the ,house of ,representatives or the ,senate4 7,e7 ,coordination with action by other house ,if1 before passing the bill1 one ,house receives from the other a bill-- 7i7 the bill of the other ,house shall not be referred to a committee2 and 7ii7 the procedure in the receiving ,house shall be the same as if no bill had been received from the other ,house until the vote on passage1 when the bill received from the other ,house shall supplant the bill of the receiving ,house4 7,f7 ,limitation ,this paragraph shall apply only to the bill referred to in subparagraph 7,a71 introduced pursuant to such subparagraph4 7b7 ,definition ,for purposes of this section1 continuity of a session of either ,house of ,congress shall be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that ,house sine die1 and the days on which that ,house is not in session because of an adjournment of more than #c days to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of any period4 #d4 ,expanding the experimental sites initiative ,section #dhg;,a7b77#c7 of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajid;a7b77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 by inserting 7other than for purposes of an experiment described in subparagraph 7,c77 after award amounts2 and 7,b7 by inserting 1 such as an experiment described in subparagraph 7,d7 after results of the experiment2 and 7#b7 by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs3 7,c7 ,waivers of grant and loan maximum award amounts ,the ,secretary is authorized to waive any requirements in this title or regulations prescribed under this title relating to grant and loan maximum award amounts 7or any other requirements or regulations that may bias the results of the experiment described in this subparagraph7 for any institution participating as an experimental site under subparagraph 7,a7 to carry out an experiment to1 with respect to each student whose workload exceeds the minimum workload that the institution considers a full-time academic workload for the program of study that the student is pursuing1 increase the maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant and loan award amounts for the student in proportion to the amount that the student's workload exceeds such minimum full-time academic workload1 so long as the institution demonstrates to the ,secretary that the experiment described in this subparagraph will assist in decreasing the total the cost of attendance 7defined in section #dgb7 for the student4 7,d7 ,waivers for competency-based learning ,the ,secretary is authorized to waive any requirements in this title or any regulations prescribed under this title 7including any accreditation requirements or any other requirements or regulations that may bias the results of the experiment described in this subparagraph7 for any institution participating as an experimental site under subparagraph 7,a7 to carry out an experiment to provide ,federal grant and loan awards to-- 7i7 students enrolled in remedial courses or competency-based learning programs1 which are not accredited1 but are approved by the institution and provide competencies for success in certain programs of study at the institution2 7ii7 students 7or potential students7 to pay for the test fees of tests1 based on the results of which the institution may award the students academic credit for prior learning2 or 7iii7 secondary school students enrolled in courses at the institution1 so long as the institution demonstrates to the ,secretary that the experiment described in this subparagraph will assist in decreasing the total the cost of attendance 7defined in section #dgb7 for such students4 4