,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,burgess introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife to establish   
fair and consistent eligibility         
requirements for graduate medical       
schools operating outside the ,united   
,states and ,canada4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,foreign 
,medical ,school ,accountability        
,fairness ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,purpose  
,the purpose of this ,act is to         
establish consistent eligibility        
requirements for graduate medical       
schools operating outside of the ,united
 ,states and ,canada in order to        
increase accountability and protect     
,american students and taxpayer dollars4
  #c4 ,repeal grandfather provisions    
,section #ajb7;a77#b7 of the ,higher    
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

#ajjb7;a77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking clause   
7i7 and inserting the following3  7i7 in
 the case of a graduate medical school  
located outside the ,united ,states--   
7,i7 at least #fj percent of those      
enrolled in1 and at least #fj percent of
 the graduates of1 the graduate medical 
school outside the ,united ,states were 
not persons described in section        
#dhd7;a77#e7 in the year preceding the  
year for which a student is seeking a   
loan under part ,d of title ,,iv2 and   
7,,ii7 at least #ge percent of the      
individuals who were students or        
graduates of the graduate medical school
 outside the ,united ,states or ,canada 
7both nationals of the ,united ,states  
and others7 taking the examinations     
administered by the ,educational        
,commission for ,foreign ,medical       
,graduates received a passing score in  
the year preceding the year for which a 
student is seeking a loan under part ,d 
of title ,,iv2  2 and  7#b7 in          

subparagraph 7,b77iii71 by adding at the
 end the following3  7,v7 ,expiration of
 authority ,the authority of a graduate 
medical school described in subclause   
7,i7 to qualify for participation in the
 loan programs under part ,d of title   
,,iv pursuant to this clause shall      
expire beginning on the first ,july #a  
following the date of enactment of the  
,foreign ,medical ,school               
,accountability ,fairness ,act of #bjai4
  4  #d4 ,loss of eligibility ,if a     
graduate medical school loses           
eligibility to participate in the loan  
programs under part ,d of title ,,iv of 
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;a et seq47 due to  
the enactment of the amendments made by 
section #c1 then a student enrolled at  
such graduate medical school on or      
before the date of enactment of this    
,act may1 notwithstanding such loss of  
eligibility1 continue to be eligible to 
receive a loan under such part ,d while 
attending such graduate medical school  

in which the student was enrolled upon  
the date of enactment of this ,act1     
subject to the student continuing to    
meet all applicable requirements for    
satisfactory academic progress1 until   
the earliest of--  7#a7 withdrawal by   
the student from the graduate medical   
school2  7#b7 completion of the program 
of study by the student at the graduate 
medical school2 or  7#c7 the fourth     
,june #cj after such loss of            
eligibility4