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[S. 570 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.570

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
     To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the 
                   qualifications of foreign schools.

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

SECTION 1. FOREIGN SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 102(a)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) In general.--For the purpose of qualifying as an 
        institution under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall 
        establish criteria by regulation for the approval of 
        institutions outside the United States and for the 
        determination that such institutions are comparable to an 
        institution of higher education as defined in section 101 
        (except that a graduate medical school, or a veterinary school, 
        located outside the United States shall not be required to meet 
        the requirements of section 101(a)(4)). Such criteria shall 
        include a requirement that a student attending such school 
        outside the United States is ineligible for loans made, 
        insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV unless--
                ``(i) in the case of a graduate medical school located 
            outside the United States--

                    ``(I)(aa) at least 60 percent of those enrolled in, 
                and at least 60 percent of the graduates of, the 
                graduate medical school outside the United States were 
                not persons described in section 484(a)(5) in the year 
                preceding the year for which a student is seeking a 
                loan under part B of title IV; and
                    ``(bb) at least 60 percent of the individuals who 
                were students or graduates of the graduate medical 
                school outside the United States or Canada (both 
                nationals of the United States and others) taking the 
                examinations administered by the Educational Commission 
                for Foreign Medical Graduates received a passing score 
                in the year preceding the year for which a student is 
                seeking a loan under part B of title IV; or
                    ``(II) the institution has a clinical training 
                program that was approved by a State as of January 1, 
                1992; or

                ``(ii) in the case of a veterinary school located 
            outside the United States that does not meet the 
            requirements of section 101(a)(4), the institution's 
            students complete their clinical training at an approved 
            veterinary school located in the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall be effective as if enacted on October 1, 1998.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.