,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bd1 #bjbc  
,ms4 ,waters 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,davis  
of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4      
,garcia of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,lee of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,mfume1 ,ms4          
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,takano1 and ,ms4     
,velzquez7 introduced the following bill
  ,october #be1 #bjbc ,referred to the  
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce1 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 education1 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 ,act of #bjbc or the ,,class   
,act of #bjbc4  #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 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,enrollment agreement ,the
 term enrollment agreement means any    
contract or agreement between a student 
and an institution of higher education  
under which the student makes a         
financial commitment to the institution 
in exchange for enrollment in a program 

of study at the institution4  7#b7      
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#ajb of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb74  #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 following3  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 enactment of this     

,act4