[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1922 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1922
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and
consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools
operating outside the United States and Canada.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 5, 2017
Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Cummings) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and
consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools
operating outside the United States and Canada.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Medical School
Accountability Fairness Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish consistent eligibility
requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside of the
United States and Canada in order to increase accountability and
protect American students and taxpayer dollars.
SEC. 3. REPEAL GRANDFATHER PROVISIONS.
Section 102(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1002(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (i) and
inserting the following:
``(i) in the case of a graduate medical
school located outside the United States--
``(I) at least 60 percent of those
enrolled in, and at least 60 percent of
the graduates of, the graduate medical
school outside the United States were
not persons described in section
484(a)(5) in the year preceding the
year for which a student is seeking a
loan under part D of title IV; and
``(II) at least 75 percent of the
individuals who were students or
graduates of the graduate medical
school outside the United States or
Canada (both nationals of the United
States and others) taking the
examinations administered by the
Educational Commission for Foreign
Medical Graduates received a passing
score in the year preceding the year
for which a student is seeking a loan
under part D of title IV;''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by adding at the end the
following:
``(V) Expiration of authority.--The
authority of a graduate medical school
described in subclause (I) to qualify
for participation in the loan programs
under part D of title IV pursuant to
this clause shall expire beginning on
the first July 1 following the date of
enactment of the Foreign Medical School
Accountability Fairness Act of 2017.''.
SEC. 4. LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.
If a graduate medical school loses eligibility to participate in
the loan programs under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) due to the enactment of the
amendments made by section 3, then a student enrolled at such graduate
medical school on or before the date of enactment of this Act may,
notwithstanding such loss of eligibility, continue to be eligible to
receive a loan under such part D while attending such graduate medical
school in which the student was enrolled upon the date of enactment of
this Act, subject to the student continuing to meet all applicable
requirements for satisfactory academic progress, until the earliest
of--
(1) withdrawal by the student from the graduate medical
school;
(2) completion of the program of study by the student at
the graduate medical school; or
(3) the fourth June 30 after such loss of eligibility.
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