,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjai,ms4 ,waters 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,takano1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and
 ,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide that chapter #a  
of title #i of the ,united ,states      
,code1 relating to the enforcement of   
arbitration agreements1 shall not apply 
to enrollment agreements made between   
students and certain institutions of    
higher education2 and to prohibit       
limitations on the ability of students  
to pursue claims against certain        
institutions of higher education4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 

the ,court ,legal ,access and ,student  
,support 7,,class7 ,act of #bjai4  #b4  
,inapplicability of chapter #a of title 
#i1 ,united ,states ,code1 to enrollment
 agreements made between students and   
certain institutions of higher education
  7a7 ,in ,general ,chapter #a of title 
#i of the ,united ,states ,code         
7relating to the enforcement of         
arbitration agreements7 shall not apply 
to an enrollment agreement made between 
a student and an institution of higher  
education4  7b7 ,definition ,for        
purposes of this section1 the term      
institution of higher education has the 
meaning given such term in section #ajb 
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife4
  #c4 ,prohibition on limitations on    
ability of students to pursue claims    
against certain institutions of higher  
education ,section #dhg7;a7 of the      
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;a77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#cj7 ,the institution will 

not require any student to agree to1 and
 will not enforce1 any limitation or    
restriction 7including a limitation or  
restriction on any available choice of  
applicable law1 a jury trial1 or venue7 
on the ability of a student to pursue a 
claim1 individually or with others1     
against an institution in court4  4  #d4
 ,effective date ,this ,act and the     
amendments made by this ,act shall take 
effect #a year after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act4