,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,hahn introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to clarify that a closure of a branch
 or campus of an institution of higher  
education may qualify a borrower for    
loan discharge under the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,students from ,failing ,institutions   
,act4  #b4 ,closure of a campus or      
branch of an institution of higher      
education ,section #dcg7;c7 of the      
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg7;c77 is amended--  7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a71 by inserting or the  
closure of a campus or branch of the    
institution1 after closure of the       
institution2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c7--  
7,a7 by inserting or the closing of a   
campus or branch of the institution     

after closing of the institution2 and   
7,b7 by inserting before the period the 
following3 and shall not count towards  
the student's duration limit for        
,federal ,pell ,grants under section    
#dja7;c77#e72 and  7#c7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#f7 ,campus or    
branch closure ,a borrower who withdraws
 from an institution not more than #abj 
days before the date of closure of the  
campus or branch of the institution in  
which the borrower was enrolled and such
 closure would have prevented the       
borrower from completing the program in 
which the borrower was enrolled shall1  
for purposes of discharging such        
borrower's loans under paragraph 7#a7   
and determining the borrower's          
eligibility for additional assistance   
under this title in accordance with     
paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d71 be considered 
to be a student who is unable to        
complete the program in which such      
student is enrolled due to the closure  
of the campus or branch of the          

institution4  7#g7 ,federal ,pell       
,grants ,in a case of a borrower that   
receives a ,federal ,pell ,grant under  
subpart #a of part ,a of this title for 
an academic year for enrollment in a    
program at a campus or branch of an     
institution and such campus or branch   
closes1 even if for purposes of         
paragraph 7#a7 the borrower is          
considered to be able to complete the   
program in which such borrower is       
enrolled1 the borrower may use the      
remaining amount of the ,federal ,pell  
,grant for such academic year at another
 institution4  7#h7 ,definition ,for    
purposes of this subsection1 the terms  
campus and branch include the term      
branch campus as defined in section     
#fjj4b of title #cd1 ,code of ,federal  
,regulations 7or a successor            
regulation74  4