3.0.0 1822 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z Senate S S 2013-12-12 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-12-13T00:46:28Z Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2014 113 3903 HR 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2013-12-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8907) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-12-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8775-8776) IntroReferral 2013-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Education Education programs funding Government lending and loan guarantees Medical education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2013-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2014-02-20T16:37:33Z Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the exemption of certain foreign medical schools from the prohibition on foreign medical schools participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program, unless:

  • at least 60% of those enrolled in, and at least 60% of the graduates of, the foreign medical school during the preceding year were not citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States or were not in the United States with the intention of becoming citizens or permanent residents; and
  • at least 75% of students or graduates of the medical school located outside the United States or Canada who took the examinations administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in the preceding year received a passing score.

Preserves the Direct Loan eligibility of students who were enrolled at schools excepted from that prohibition on or before the date of this Act's enactment.


]]> Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013 Display Title Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1822is/xml/BILLS-113s1822is.xml 2013-12-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8907) 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.