[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1573 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1573

 To require institutions of higher education to provide students with 
information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the 
 Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2015

Mr. Carson of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require institutions of higher education to provide students with 
information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the 
 Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education and Employment 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS.

    (a) Requirements for the Secretary of Education.--Section 132(i)(1) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (V), by adding at the end the following 
        new clause:
                            ``(v) Employment information with respect 
                        to graduates of the institution's degree or 
                        certificate programs that is required to be 
                        provided by the institution under section 
                        485(a)(R).''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (W), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``and a link to the appropriate section 
        of such website that provides information from the Occupational 
        Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook 
        Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics''.
    (b) Requirements for Institutions of Higher Education.--
            (1) Institutional and financial assistance information for 
        students.--Section 485(a)(R) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(R)) 
        is amended by inserting after ``certificate programs,'' the 
        following: ``including whether such employment is paid or 
        unpaid and whether such employment requires any postsecondary 
        education,''.
            (2) Program participation agreements.--Section 487(a) of 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new paragraph:
            ``(30) The institution will provide a link on the 
        institution's website, prominently and near any institutional 
        statistics (such as job placement rates), to the appropriate 
        section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics website that provides 
        information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program 
        and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall be 
effective for academic year 2015-2016 and succeeding academic years.
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