,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aagf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,smucker 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,owens1 ,mr4 ,meuser1 ,mr4 ,thompson of 
,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4 ,van ,orden7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,workforce  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,higher ,education ,act of
 #aife to clarify the clock hour        
requirements for certain eligible       
programs under title ,,iv of such ,act4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,clock ,hour ,program ,student  
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,clock hour      
requirements for certain programs of    
training  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#dha7;b7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhh7;b77 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#e7 ,an otherwise eligible 
program that provides a program of      
training to prepare students for gainful
 employment in a recognized profession  

in a ,state1 and for which the number of
 clock hours of instruction exceeds the 
minimum number of clock hours of        
instruction required by such ,state for 
training in the recognized profession   
for which the otherwise eligible program
 prepares students1 shall be determined 
to be an eligible program under this    
subsection if the number of clock hours 
of instruction provided by such         
otherwise eligible program does not     
exceed the greater of-- 7,a7 #aej       
percent of the minimum number of clock  
hours required by such ,state for       
training in the recognized profession   
for which the otherwise eligible program
 prepares students2 or  7,b7 #aej       
percent of the minimum number of clock  
hours required by a ,federal agency for 
such training4  4  7b7 ,effective date  
,the amendment made by this section     
shall take effect on the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 and shall apply 
with respect to award year #bjbd-bjbe1  
and each succeeding award year4