,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ab1        
#bjag,ms4 ,speier introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of ,education to make        
reasonable adjustments to earnings data 
for graduates of cosmetology gainful    
employment programs4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,accurate
 ,income ,measure ,act of #bjag or the  
,,aim ,act4  #b4 ,adjustments to rule   
relating to gainful employment  7a7     
,adjustments to rule ,for any rule      
promulgated by the ,department of       
,education relating to title ,,iv of the
 ,higher ,education ,act1 ,program      
,integrity1 ,gainful ,employment        
7including #gi ,fed4 ,reg4 #fdhij       
7,october #ca1 #bjad71 and any other    
related rule that may be promulgated by 
the ,department7 7referred to in this   
,act collectively as the ,rule71 the    

,secretary shall ensure that--  7#a7 for
 covered programs1 any earnings data for
 graduates utilized in the ,rule shall  
recognize the finding of the ,united    
,states ,district ,court in the case    
titled ,american ,association of        
,cosmetology ,schools v4 ,de,vos 7,civil
 ,action ,no43 #ag-jbfc 7,,rc77 that the
 use of ,social ,security               
,administration earnings data alone as a
 measure of graduate earnings is        
problematic1 and shall reasonably       
account for estimated under-reporting of
 earned income by graduates2 and  7#b7  
any institution offering a covered      
program may appeal a zone or failing    
debt to earnings rate by submitting1 as 
alternate earnings data1 the most       
current earnings data issued by the     
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics for the   
most relevant geographical region1 at no
 higher than the #ejth percentile1 for  
the ,standard ,occupational             
,classification code1 or combination of 
such codes1 in which graduates were     

placed in or found employment4  7b7     
,prohibitions ,until the date on which  
the ,secretary issues the adjustments to
 the ,rule required under subsection    
7a7--  7#a7 all covered programs shall  
be exempt from the ,rule2  7#b7 the     
,secretary shall not publish final      
debt-to-earnings rates for covered      
programs2  7#c7 notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 institutions of 
higher education providing covered      
programs shall not be required to report
 the debt-to-earnings rates of covered  
programs on any consumer disclosures    
relating to gainful employment2 and     
7#d7 the ,secretary shall not determine 
any covered program ineligible to       
participate in programs authorized under
 title ,,iv of the ,higher ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj et   
seq47 due to the application of the     
,rule4  7c7 ,study ,the ,secretary1     
jointly with the ,commissioner of the   
,internal ,revenue ,service1 shall carry
 out a study to develop a method of     

adjusting earnings data under the ,rule 
to account for the underreporting of    
income by graduates of covered programs4
  7d7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7  
,covered program ,the term covered      
program means an educational program    
that--  7,a7 is designed to lead to     
gainful employment 7as that term is used
 in sections #aja7;b7 and #ajb7;b7 of   
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife7   
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;b72 #ajjb7;b772   
and  7,b7 is identified by ,department  
of ,education ,classification of        
,instructional ,program codes #ab4jdja  
through #ab4jdii1 #ea4ccjf1 or #ea4ceja4
  7#b7 ,institution of higher education 
,the term institution of higher         
education means an institution described
 in section #aja7;b7 or section #ajb7;b7
 of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;b72 #ajjb7;b774  
7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary    
means the ,secretary of ,education4