[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4480-S4481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
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By Mr. DURBIN:
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S. 4792. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to
establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate
medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of
the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 4792
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 ``Foreign Medical School
Accountability Fairness Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
To establish consistent eligibility requirements for
graduate medical schools operating outside of the United
States and Canada in order to increase accountability and
protect American students and taxpayer dollars.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Three for-profit schools in the Caribbean have
historically received nearly \3/4\ of all Federal funding
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070 et seq.) that goes to students enrolled at foreign
graduate medical schools, despite those three schools being
exempt from meeting the same eligibility requirements as the
majority of graduate medical schools located outside of the
United States and Canada.
(2) The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and
Accreditation and the Department of Education recommend that
all foreign graduate medical schools should be required to
meet the same eligibility requirements to participate in
Federal funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
(3) The attrition rate at United States medical schools
averaged 3.3 percent between 1993 and 2013, while rates at
for-profit Caribbean medical schools have been known to reach
30 percent.
(4) In 2022, residency match rates for foreign trained
graduates averaged 61.4 percent compared to 92.9 percent for
graduates of allopathic medical schools in the United States
and 91.3 percent for graduates of osteopathic medical schools
in the United States.
(5) On average, students at for-profit medical schools
operating outside of the United States and Canada amass more
student debt than those at medical schools in the United
States.
SEC. 4. REPEAL GRANDFATHER PROVISIONS.
Section 102(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1002(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (i) and
inserting the following:
``(i) in the case of a graduate medical school located
outside the United States--
``(I) at least 60 percent of those enrolled in, and at
least 60 percent of the graduates of, the graduate medical
school outside the United States were not persons described
in section 484(a)(5) in the year preceding the year for which
a student is seeking a loan under part D of title IV; and
``(II) at least 75 percent of the individuals who were
students or graduates of the graduate medical school outside
the United States or Canada (both nationals of the United
States and others) taking the examinations administered by
the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
received a passing score in the year preceding the year for
which a student is seeking a loan under part D of title
IV;''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by adding at the end the
following:
``(V) Expiration of authority.--The authority of a graduate
medical school described in subclause (I) to qualify for
participation in the loan programs under part D of title IV
pursuant to this clause shall expire beginning on the first
July 1 following the date of enactment of the Foreign Medical
School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022.''.
SEC. 5. LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.
If a graduate medical school loses eligibility to
participate in the loan programs under part D of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.)
due to the enactment of the amendments made by section 4,
then a student enrolled at such graduate medical school on or
before the date of enactment of this Act may, notwithstanding
such loss of eligibility, continue to be eligible to receive
a loan under such part D while attending such graduate
medical school in which the student was enrolled upon the
date of enactment of this Act, subject to the student
continuing to meet all applicable requirements for
satisfactory academic progress, until the earliest of--
(1) withdrawal by the student from the graduate medical
school;
(2) completion of the program of study by the student at
the graduate medical school; or
(3) the fourth June 30 after such loss of eligibility.
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By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
S. 4793. A bill to require a plan to clarify the roles and
responsibilities of officials and organizations of the Army with
respect to the force modernization efforts of the Army; to the
Committee on Armed Services.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill requires a plan
to clarify the roles and responsibilities of officials and
organizations of the Army with respect to the force modernization
efforts of the Army.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 4793
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 ``Army Facilitating Untapped
Technology, Utilities, Resources, and Equipment for
Servicemembers Act of 2022'' or the ``Army FUTURES Act of
2022''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FORCE
MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE ARMY.
(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a plan that comprehensively
defines the roles and responsibilities of officials and
organizations of the Army with respect to the force
modernization efforts of the Army.
(b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a)
shall--
(1) identify the official within the Army who shall have
primary responsibility for the force modernization efforts of
the Army, and specify the roles, responsibilities, and
authorities of that official;
(2) clearly define the roles, responsibilities, and
authorities of the Army Futures Command and the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and
Technology with respect to such efforts;
(3) clarify the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of
officials and organizations of the Army with respect to
acquisition in support of such efforts; and
(4) include such other information as the Secretary of the
Army determines appropriate.
(c) Role of Army Futures Command.--In the event the
Secretary of the Army does not submit the plan required under
subsection (a) by the expiration of the 180-day period
specified in such subsection, then beginning at the
expiration of such period--
(1) the Commanding General of the Army Futures Command
shall have the roles, responsibilities, and authorities
assigned to the Commanding General pursuant to Army Directive
2020-15 (``Achieving Persistent Modernization'') as in effect
on November 16, 2020; and
(2) any provision of Army Directive 2022-07 (``Army
Modernization Roles and Responsibilities''), or any successor
directive, that modifies or contravenes a provision of the
directive specified in paragraph (1) shall have no force or
effect.
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