,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bj1      
#bjai,mrs4 ,trahan introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,education to assign a unique numeric   
identifier to institutions of higher    
education to facilitate data collection 
and reporting1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,clean ,data in ,higher         
,education ,act of #bjai4  #b4          
,universal unique numeric data          
identifier  7a7 ,assignment of unique   
numeric identifier required ,not later  
than #ah months after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,education shall assign a unique     
numeric identifier to at least each     
campus of each institution of higher    
education that participates in a program
 under title ,,iv of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

#ajgj et seq47 to be used for reporting 
and disaggregating data for the purposes
 of the following3  7#a7 ,surveys       
conducted as a part of the ,integrated  
,postsecondary ,education ,data ,system 
7,,ipeds7 or any other ,federal         
postsecondary institution data          
collection effort1 as completed in      
accordance with section #dhg7;a77#ag7 of
 the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife   
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;a77#ag774  7#b7   
,reports required to be filed under     
section #dhe7;f7 of the ,higher         
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajib7;f774  7#c7 ,the electronic       
exchange of data under section #dhe;,b  
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajib;b74  7#d7          
,determinations under section #dif of   
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajii;b74  7#e7 ,reports 
filed on the ,college ,navigator website
 7as defined in section #acb of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajae;a774  7#f7 ,reports     

filed on the ,college ,scorecard website
 of the ,department of ,education 7or   
any successor website74  7#g7 ,to the   
extent determined to be appropriate by  
the ,secretary1 any other data systems  
of the ,department of ,education that   
include information on institutions of  
higher education4  7b7 ,considerations  
,in carrying out subsection 7a71 the    
,secretary of ,education shall-- 7#a7   
consider the ability to use the unique  
numeric identifier assigned under such  
subsection to--  7,a7 disaggregate      
institutions of higher education by     
corporate ownership2  7,b7 identify an  
institution of higher education with    
more than one campus2 and  7,c7 in the  
case of institutions of higher education
 described in subparagraph 7,b71        
distinguish between a campus with a     
specific location and a distance        
education program2  7#b7 account for    
interactions of the unique numeric      
identifier with requirements under title
 ,,iv of the ,higher ,education ,act    

7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj et seq471 including
 by preventing institutional attempts to
 evade such requirements by changing the
 unique numeric identifiers associated  
with the campuses of the institution2   
7#c7 to the extent practicable1 minimize
 the paperwork burden on institutions of
 higher education2  7#d7 create and make
 public a crosswalk indicating changes  
in the unique numeric identifiers       
assigned by the ,secretary to each      
campus under subsection 7a7 and the     
numeric identifiers used by the         
,department of ,education prior to the  
date on which the ,secretary assigns    
each campus a unique numeric identifier2
 and  7#e7 annually create and make     
public an updated crosswalk indicating  
changes in unique numeric identifiers   
assigned to campuses1 including changes 
that result from the establishment of   
new locations1 the closing of campuses1 
and changes in ownership and            
affiliation4