[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1297 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1297

    To preserve State and institutional authority relating to State 
            authorization and the definition of credit hour.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2011

   Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
Coburn, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Shelby) introduced the following bill; which 
  was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
                          Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To preserve State and institutional authority relating to State 
            authorization and the definition of credit hour.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO STATE AUTHORIZATION AND 
              DEFINING CREDIT HOUR.

    (a) Regulations Repealed.--The following regulations (including any 
supplement or revision to such regulations) are repealed and shall have 
no legal effect:
            (1) 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.).
            (2) 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.).
    (b) Effect of Repeal.--To the extent that regulations repealed by 
subsection (a) 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regulations repealed by subsection (a) had not taken effect.
    (c) Regulations Defining Credit Hour Prohibited.--The Secretary of 
Education 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 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) on or after the date of 
enactment of this section.
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