3.0.0 1297 2023-01-11T13:22:51Z 2023-01-11T13:22:51Z Senate S S 2011-06-29 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-06-29T19:01:28Z Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act 112 2117 HR 2012-02-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2011-06-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2011-06-29 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2011-06-29 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2011-06-29 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2011-06-29 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2011-06-29 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2011-06-30 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2011-06-30 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-06-30 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2011-06-30 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2011-06-30 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2011-07-06 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2011-07-06 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2011-07-06 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2011-07-06 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-07-07 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2011-07-13 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2011-07-13 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2011-07-13 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2011-07-13 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2011-07-19 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2011-07-22 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2011-08-02 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2011-11-29 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2012-02-28 False C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2012-05-07 False Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Education Education programs funding Higher education Intergovernmental relations School administration State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2011-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-06T16:21:34Z Repeals certain Department of Education regulations that for purposes of determining whether a school is eligible to participate in programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA): (1) require institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational institutions (except religious schools) to be legally authorized by the state in which they are situated, (2) delineate what such legal authorization requires of states and schools, and (3) define "credit hour."

Prohibits the Secretary of Education from promulgating or enforcing any regulation or rule that defines "credit hour" for any purpose under the HEA.

]]> A bill to preserve State and institutional authority relating to State authorization and the definition of credit hour. Display Title A bill to preserve State and institutional authority relating to State authorization and the definition of credit hour. Official Title as Introduced A bill to preserve State and institutional authority relating to State authorization and the definition of credit hour. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2011-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1297is/xml/BILLS-112s1297is.xml 2011-06-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.