,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,horsford 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to improve estimates of     
off-campus room and board for students  
at institutions of higher education1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,transparency in ,off-,campus ,housing  
,act4  #b4 ,institutional calculations  
for off-campus room and board  7a7      
,authority ,to prescribe regulations    
,section #dgh7;a7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhgrr7a77 is amended--  7#a7 in       
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by striking or at 
the end of subparagraph 7,a72  7,b7 by  
striking the period at the end of       
subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting 2 or2   
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,c7 to prescribe-- 7i7 at  

least one methodology that institutions 
of higher education 7other than         
institutions that receive a waiver under
 clause 7ii77 shall use in determining  
the allowance for room and board costs  
incurred by students described in       
subparagraph 7,a7 of section #dgb7c7 and
 by students described in subparagraph  
7,d7 of such section1 that shall--  7,i7
 ensure that each such allowance        
determination is sufficient to cover    
reasonable room and board costs incurred
 by the students for whom such allowance
 is being determined2 and  7,,ii7       
include the sources of information that 
institutions shall use in making each   
such allowance determination2 and  7ii7 
a process for granting institutions of  
higher education a waiver from the      
requirements of clause 7i71 including-- 
7,i7 a requirement that each institution
 of higher education seeking such a     
waiver submit to the ,secretary--  7aa7 
a description of the methodology that   
the institution will use for each       

allowance determination described in    
clause 7i72  7bb7 an assurance that each
 such allowance determination meets the 
requirements of clause 7i77,i72 and     
7cc7 a demonstration that the           
institution will use reliable sources of
 information for each such allowance    
determination2 and  7,,ii7 a requirement
 that each institution of higher        
education that receives such a waiver   
publicly disclose on the website of the 
institution the methodology and sources 
of information used by the institution  
for each allowance determination        
described in clause 7i74  2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7#c7 
,any regulation proposed by the         
,secretary under paragraph 7#a77;,c7 of 
this subsection shall not be subject to 
the requirements of paragraph 7#b74  4  
7b7 ,requirement ,to prescribe          
regulations ,not later than #ah months  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,education shall
 issue regulations that meet the        

requirements of subparagraph 7,c7 of    
section #dgh7;a77#a7 of the ,higher     
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhgrr7a77#a771 as added by subsection 
7a74