,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aach  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1 #bjag
 ,mr4 ,tester introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to rescind #ejj1jjj a week from
 the ,office of the ,secretary of       
,education until the ,secretary of      
,education reconsiders ,upward ,bound   
applications that were rejected due to  
arbitrary formatting issues4  #a4 ,short
 title  ,this ,act may be cited as the  
,department of ,education               
,accountability ,act 4  #b4 ,rescission 
of funds  7a7 ,requiring review of all  
,upward ,bound applications             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or any policy of the ,department of 
,education1 the ,secretary of ,education
 shall consider all applications that   
were submitted for a grant under section
 #djb;,c of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a-#ac71   

for the grant competition under such    
section for fiscal year #bjag1 without  
regard as to whether the application    
satisfied any formatting requirements1  
including font type or size1 line       
spacing1 or margins4  7b7 ,compliance   
,as soon as the ,secretary of ,education
 has ensured that the ,department of    
,education has complied with subsection 
7a71 the ,secretary shall prepare and   
submit a certification of such          
compliance to ,congress and to the      
,secretary of the ,treasury4  7c7       
,rescission  7#a7 ,in general ,subject  
to paragraph 7#b71 effective on the date
 that is #g days after the date of      
enactment of this ,act1 and every #g    
days thereafter1 there are rescinded    
from the unobligated balances made      
available for the ,office of the        
,secretary of ,education1 #ejj1jjj4     
7#b7 ,compliance ,paragraph 7#a7 shall  
cease to have force or effect on the    
date on which the ,secretary of         
,education submits the certification    

required under subsection 7b74  7#c7    
,use of funds ,any amounts rescinded    
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be returned  
to the ,treasury and used for deficit   
reduction4