[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4179 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4179

 To amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of 
education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary 
                              credential.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2023

     Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Castro of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of 
education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary 
                              credential.

    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 ``Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. RELEASE OF EDUCATION RECORDS TO FACILITATE THE AWARD OF A 
              RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL.

    Section 444(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:
            ``(M) an institution of postsecondary education in which 
        the student was previously enrolled, to which records of 
        postsecondary coursework and credits are sent for the purpose 
        of applying such coursework and credits toward completion of a 
        recognized postsecondary credential (as that term is defined in 
        section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
        U.S.C. 3102)), upon condition that the student provides written 
        consent prior to receiving such credential.''.
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