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[H.R. 2117 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 116
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2117

                          [Report No. 112-177]

To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic 
affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education 
                              Act of 1965.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2011

  Ms. Foxx (for herself and Mr. Kline) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

                             July 22, 2011

Additional sponsors: Mr. Herger, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. 
 Carter, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Austria, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Biggert, 
Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Paul, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Hanna, 
 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. West, Mr. Barletta, Mrs. Roby, Mrs. 
 Ellmers, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Petri, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Coble, Mr. Schock, 
Mr. Burgess, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Olson, Mr. Mica, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Coffman 
   of Colorado, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
  Guthrie, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
Shuster, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Granger, Mr. Chaffetz, 
  Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Reed, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
   Benishek, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. 
Marino, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Neugebauer, Mrs. 
 Emerson, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
  Graves of Missouri, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Smith of 
       Texas, Mr. Roskam, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Brooks, and Mr. Kissell

                             July 22, 2011

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic 
affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education 
                              Act of 1965.


 


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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO STATE 
              AUTHORIZATION AND DEFINING CREDIT HOUR.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Regulations Repealed.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Repeal.--The following regulations (including 
        any supplement or revision to such regulations) are repealed 
        and shall have no legal effect:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) State authorization.--Sections 
                600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, and 
                668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (relating to State authorization), as added or amended 
                by the final regulations published by the Department of 
                Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 
                (75 Fed. Reg. 66832 et seq.).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Definition of credit hour.--The 
                definition of the term ``credit hour'' in section 600.2 
                of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as added by 
                the final regulations published by the Department of 
                Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 
                (75 Fed. Reg. 66946), and subsection (k)(2)(ii) of 
                section 668.8 of such title, as amended by such final 
                regulations (75 Fed. Reg. 66949 et seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Effect of repeal.--To the extent that 
        regulations repealed by paragraph (1) amended regulations that 
        were in effect on June 30, 2011, the provisions of the 
        regulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, and were so 
        amended are restored and revived as if the regulations repealed 
        by paragraph (1) had not taken effect.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Regulations Defining Credit Hour Prohibited.--The 
Secretary shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule that 
defines the term ``credit hour'' for any purpose under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 on or after the date of enactment of this 
section.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Academic Freedom in 
Higher Education Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO STATE AUTHORIZATION AND 
              DEFINING CREDIT HOUR.

    (a) Regulations Repealed.--
            (1) Repeal.--The following regulations (including any 
        supplement or revision to such regulations) are repealed and 
        shall have no legal effect:
                    (A) State authorization.--Sections 600.4(a)(3), 
                600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, and 668.43(b) of title 
                34, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to State 
                authorization), as added or amended by the final 
                regulations published by the Department of Education in 
                the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
                66832 et seq.).
                    (B) Definition of credit hour.--The definition of 
                the term ``credit hour'' in section 600.2 of title 34, 
                Code of Federal Regulations, as added by the final 
                regulations published by the Department of Education in 
                the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
                66946), and subsection (k)(2)(ii) of section 668.8 of 
                such title, as amended by such final regulations (75 
                Fed. Reg. 66949 et seq.).
            (2) Effect of repeal.--To the extent that regulations 
        repealed by paragraph (1) amended regulations that were in 
        effect on June 30, 2011, the provisions of the regulations that 
        were in effect on June 30, 2011, and were so amended are 
        restored and revived as if the regulations repealed by 
        paragraph (1) had not taken effect.
    (b) Regulations Defining Credit Hour Prohibited.--The Secretary 
shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule that defines the 
term ``credit hour'' for any purpose under the Higher Education Act of 
1965 on or after the date of enactment of this section.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 116

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2117

                          [Report No. 112-177]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic 
affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education 
                              Act of 1965.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 22, 2011

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed