[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3916. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  The Secretary of Education shall carry out a 
     pilot program that authorizes States to establish an 
     alternative accreditation system for the purpose of 
     establishing institutions that provide postsecondary 
     education and postsecondary education courses or programs as 
     eligible for funding under title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 if the State enters into an agreement with the 
     Secretary for the establishment of the alternative 
     accreditation system.
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