,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjah,miss 
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife to waive the #ij-aj rule for   
proprietary institutions impacted by    
,hurricanes ,irma or ,maria4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,puerto ,rico ,higher ,education        
,disaster ,relief ,act4  #b4 ,findings  
,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,on
 ,september #f1 #bjag1 ,hurricane ,irma 
made landfall in ,puerto ,rico1         
particularly affecting its east coast   
and the islands of ,vieques and         
,culebra4  7#b7 ,while ,puerto ,rico was
 recovering from ,hurricane ,irma1 on   
,september #bj1 #bjag1 ,hurricane ,mara 
made landfall in ,puerto ,rico as a     
category #d hurricane1 being the worst  
storm to strike the ,island in over #hj 

years4  7#c7 ,consequently1 ,puerto     
,rican institutions of higher education 
have faced extraordinary expenses to    
continue their operations1 such as power
 generators1 fuel1 additional security  
guards1 transportation1 cleaning1       
reconstruction1 food1 potable water1    
among others4 ,in most cases1 the       
insurance companies are not covering the
 damages or losses or have delayed      
payments4  7#d7 ,students in ,puerto    
,rico lack the funds to cover their     
tuition payment plans because they have 
been using such funds to deal with their
 own extraordinary expenses in the      
aftermath of ,hurricanes ,irma and      
,mara4 ,while other students are leaving
 the ,island and continuing their       
studies in the contiguous ,united       
,states4  7#e7 ,as a result of          
,hurrianes ,irma and ,maria1 ,puerto    
,rican for-profit higher education      
institutions are unable to comply with  
the #ij-aj ,rule under section          
#dhg7;a77#bd7 of the ,higher ,education 

,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajhd7;a77#bd77 because they are unable 
to meet the requirement that not less   
than ten percent of such institution's  
revenues be derived from sources other  
than funds provided under title ,,iv of 
such ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj et seq474
  #c4 ,waiver of #ij-aj rule ,section   
#dhg7;a77#bd7 of the ,higher ,education 
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajhd7;a77#bd77 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
striking 7#bd7 ,in the case of and      
inserting the following3  7#bd7  7,a7   
,in the case of  2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following3  7,b7         
,subparagraph 7,a7 shall not apply with 
respect to fiscal years #bjah through   
#bjbj to an institution described in    
such subparagraph 7,a7 that is located  
in an area declared as a major disaster 
under the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford         
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act resulting from         
,hurricane ,irma or ,maria4  4