,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ac1 #bjbc,ms4
 ,scholten 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,molinaro1
 ,mr4 ,moskowitz1 and ,ms4 ,crockett7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,accountability  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,bureau of the  
,census to add a new educational        
attainment category to the ,current     
,population ,survey4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,honoring
 ,vocational ,education ,act4  #b4      
,current ,population ,survey vocational 
education recognition  7a7 ,in general  
,beginning not later than one year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,director of the ,bureau of the    
,census shall ensure that1 to the extent
 practicable1 the ,current ,population  
,survey provides for a separate category
 of educational attainment for          
,postsecondary ,nondegree ,awardees4    
7b7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    

,postsecondary ,nondegree ,awardee  7,a7
 ,in general ,the term ,postsecondary   
,nondegree ,awardee means an individual 
who-- 7i7 has received-- 7,i7 a regular 
high school diploma 7as such term is    
defined in section #haja of the         
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja77 or 
its recognized equivalent2 and  7,,ii7 a
 recognized postsecondary credential2   
and  7ii7 has not received an           
associates1 bachelor's1 masters1        
graduate1 or professional degree4  7,b7 
,college attendance ,an individual who  
meets the criteria in subparagraph 7,a7 
is a ,postsecondary ,nondegree ,awardee 
regardless of whether such individual   
attended an institution of higher       
education 7as defined in section        
#ajb7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb7;a7774    
7#b7 ,recognized postsecondary          
credential ,the term recognized         
postsecondary credential has the meaning
 given such term in section #c of the   

,workforce ,innovation and ,opportunity 
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #cajb71 except that 
such term does not include an associate 
or baccalaureate degree4  7#c7 ,state   
,the term ,state means each of the      
several ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 and the ,commonwealth of     
,puerto ,rico4