[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2490 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2490

 To prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from requiring the 
purchase of goods and services from on-campus businesses, intentionally 
     withholding course information from off-campus businesses, or 
preventing students from obtaining course information or materials from 
                         off-campus businesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 1998

 Mr. Faircloth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from requiring the 
purchase of goods and services from on-campus businesses, intentionally 
     withholding course information from off-campus businesses, or 
preventing students from obtaining course information or materials from 
                         off-campus businesses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education shall ensure that each 
Federal department or agency, and each State or private entity that 
receives Federal education funds, does not provide any financial aid to 
a postsecondary educational institution, or to a student attending a 
postsecondary educational institution, if the institution directly or 
indirectly--
            (1) requires the purchase of goods and services from an on-
        campus business;
            (2) permits more favorable treatment of, or more favorable 
        promotional opportunities for, an on-campus business than for 
        an off-campus business;
            (3) withholds, or unreasonably delays the provision of, any 
        accurate or complete course-related information, including 
        textbook requirements, from or to an off-campus business; or
            (4) impedes a student's access to course-related 
        information or course materials at an off-campus business.
    (b) Definitions.--
            (1) Financial aid.--The term ``financial aid'' means any 
        form of postsecondary financial assistance, including graduate 
        financial assistance, that--
                    (A) is provided or supported by a Federal 
                department or agency, or a State or private entity;
                    (B) benefits a student, a parent of the student, or 
                a legal guardian of the student;
                    (C) aids in the affordability of postsecondary 
                education or improves access to postsecondary 
                education; and
                    (D) may include a grant, a loan, a scholarship, a 
                work study program, a tax credit, deduction, waiver, or 
                benefit program, a bond program, a financial incentive, 
                or a funding device.
            (2) Goods and services.--The term ``goods and services'' 
        means any form of goods or services, including textbooks, 
        books, course packs, or student or faculty materials and 
        supplies, generally physically inventoried and retailed in a 
        campus-area marketplace and offered for sale, rent, lease, 
        consumption, or use in the campus-area marketplace.
            (3) Off-campus business.--The term ``off-campus business'' 
        means a private store, enterprise, or a business-like 
        establishment that is--
                    (A) not located on the campus of a postsecondary 
                educational institution, but is physically located 
                within the campus-area marketplace; and
                    (B) makes available any goods and services to 
                students, including prospective students, of a 
                postsecondary educational institution located within 
                the campus-area marketplace.
            (4) On-campus business.--The term ``on-campus business'' 
        means a store, enterprise, or a business-like establishment, 
        that--
                    (A) is physically located in or on any property 
                leased or owned by a postsecondary educational 
                institution or by a State government unit associated 
                with the institution, whether the store, enterprise or 
                establishment is operated, leased or owned by the 
                institution, another institution, a State government 
                unit, or another entity; and
                    (B) makes available any goods and services to 
                students, including prospective students.
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