118 HR 8729 IH: No Backdoors for Student Debt Cancellation Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-06-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8729IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 13, 2024Mr. Green of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the WorkforceA BILLTo ensure that institutions of higher education that withhold certain transcripts are eligible to participate in title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Backdoors for Student Debt Cancellation Act.

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Title IV eligibility

The Secretary of Education may not determine an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) ineligible for participation in title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) because such institution withholds from a student, for any reason, transcripts that include all credit or clock hours for payment periods in which the student received funds under such title and for which all institutional charges were paid.