,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,salmon 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,hastings of
 ,florida1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1     
,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new ,york1 ,mr4    
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,kelly 
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4    
,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4  
,mc,keon1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4      
,hunter1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,garcia1    
,ms4 ,loretta ,sanchez of ,california1  
,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,matheson1 ,mr4 ,grayson1 and ,mr4 
,rokita7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,secretary of         
,education to complete a data analysis  
on the impact of the proposed rule on   
gainful employment prior to issuing a   
final rule on gainful employment4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,transparency in ,education ,act4   
#b4 ,data analysis requirement for final

 rule on gainful employment  7a7 ,in    
general ,the ,secretary of ,education   
shall not issue a final rule or         
otherwise implement the proposed rule   
published by the ,department of         
,education in the notice of proposed    
rulemaking in the ,federal ,register on 
,march #be1 #bjad 7#gi ,fed4 ,reg4      
#afdbf et seq471 or any other proposed  
rule that amends parts #fjj or #ffh of  
title #cd1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 with respect to gainful   
employment programs1 until #ij days     
after--  7#a7 the ,secretary of         
,education publishes a complete data    
analysis--  7,a7 on the impact of such  
proposed rule 7including the            
debt-to-earnings and programmatic cohort
 default rate measures7 on all          
postsecondary education programs and    
students at all categories of           
institutions of higher education that   
participate in a program under title    
,,iv of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj et seq471    

including the impact on--  7i7 students 
who receive ,federal ,pell ,grants under
 subpart #a of part ,a of title ,,iv of 
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a72  7ii7 minority 
students2  7iii7 students over age #bd2 
7iv7 students who are veterans2  7v7    
independent students2 and  7vi7         
dependent students2 and  7,b7 in a      
format similar to the ,gainful          
,employment #bjab ,informational ,rate  
,calculations published by the          
,department of ,education2 and  7#b7 the
 ,comptroller ,general of the ,united   
,states issues a report that reviews    
such data analysis for data accuracy and
 completeness4  7b7 ,definitions ,for   
purposes of this section3  7#a7         
,independent student ,the term          
independent student has the meaning     
given the term in section #dhj7;d7 of   
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgvv7d774  7#b7       
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education has

 the meaning given the term in section  
#ajb of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb71 except that
 the term does not include institutions 
described in subparagraph 7,c7 of       
section #ajb7;a77#a74  7#c7 ,veteran    
,the term veteran has the meaning given 
the term in section #dhj7;c7 of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgvv7c774