,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dehg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #a1         
#bjai,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4      
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,connolly1    
,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick        
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,peters1   
,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 and ,mr4     
,fitzpatrick7 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 require certain       
institutions of higher education to     
provide notice of tuition levels for    
students4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,truth in ,tuition  
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,notice of tuition  
levels  7a7 ,amendment ,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  7,a7 ,the institution
 will provide to each student admitted  

to an undergraduate or graduate         
program-- 7i7 a multi-year tuition and  
fee schedule2 or  7ii7 a single-year    
tuition and fee schedule1 and a         
nonbinding1 multi-year estimate of net  
costs after all financial aid is        
awarded1 assuming constant family and   
student income1 assets1 and relevant    
circumstances4  7,b7 ,multi-year        
schedules and estimates required by     
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 may include a   
percentage or dollar increase or        
decrease of any size the institution    
determines to be appropriate from one   
year to the next2 and  7ii7 shall       
indicate1 on a year-by-year basis1 costs
 for the normal duration of such        
student's undergraduate or graduate     
program4  7,c7 ,institutions that elect 
a single-year tuition and fee schedule  
under subparagraph 7,a77ii7 shall       
include with each multi-year estimate   
provided under such subparagraph the    
average deviation1 in percentage terms1 
between previous year estimates and     

actual net costs for students at their  
institution4  7,d7 ,the ,secretary shall
 waive the requirements of subparagraph 
7,a7 if the institution demonstrates to 
the ,secretary that the requirements of 
subparagraph 7,a7 are not practicable   
because of the occurrence of one or more
 events causing the institution severe  
economic distress1 dramatic reduction of
 ,state or ,federal aid1 or any other   
circumstance determined to be           
appropriate by the ,secretary4  4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall be effective on the
 date that is #abj days after the date  
of enactment of this ,act4