3.0.0 6008 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z House H HR 2006-07-28 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2006-09-28T15:01:35Z Referred to 2006-07-28T14:13:50Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2006-08-01T20:55:00Z Referred to 2006-07-28T14:14:00Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-07-28T14:14:15Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-07-28T14:14:10Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-07-28T14:14:05Z 2006-09-28 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2006-08-01 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2006-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 N B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2006-07-28 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2006-07-28 True H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2006-09-27 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2006-09-29 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-09-29 False Education Accreditation (Education) Administrative procedure Admission of nonimmigrants Colleges Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Consumer protection Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Deceptive advertising Directories Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Employee selection Expedited congressional procedure Federal Trade Commission Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal employees Foreign students Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education House rules and procedure Immigration Independent regulatory commissions Internet Law Legislation Planning Prosecution Restrictive trade practices Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure State laws Student aid Student loan funds Visas Web sites Education 00 2006-07-28 Introduced in House 2006-09-05T17:31:19Z Diploma Integrity Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make available to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other appropriate federal agencies a list of: (1) accrediting agencies and associations recognized by the Secretary or by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; (2) institutions of higher education eligible under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program; and (3) foreign institutions of higher education whose authority to issue degrees is accepted in their home country and that the Secretary deems to be academically equivalent to FFEL participants in this country.

Conditions a school's eligibility for student assistance funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on its providing notice on its internet website of its recognition by the Secretary as a legitimate degree-granting institution for immigration and federal employment purposes. Requires an accreditation agency or association to be on such list for its authority to be recognized for any federal purpose.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Diploma Mill Task Force to develop: (1) guidelines for distinguishing between legitimate and fraudulent degree-granting institutions for federal purposes; (2) a strategic diploma integrity protection plan to address the sale and use of fraudulent degrees; and (3) legislative language to effectuate such plan.

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to define as an unfair and deceptive act or practice: (1) the offering of a degree by an entity that is not recognized as a legitimate degree-granting institution in accordance with the Task Force's guidelines; or (2) the issuing of any accreditation by an entity not recognized by the Secretary, any other appropriate federal agency, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or, in the case of a foreign entity, by the appropriate agency in its home country.

Requires the Secretary to study: (1) both legitimate and fraudulent degree-granting institutions that are not properly accredited; and (2) steps taken by the Secretary to repair vulnerabilities of the FFEL program to fraudulent degree-granting institutions.

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