[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 113 (Monday, June 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2689. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Beginning on page 808, strike line 21 and all that follows 
     through line 17 on page 809 and insert the following:

       ``(IV) for each award year, the median earnings of students 
     who received Federal financial aid under this title and who 
     completed the program 1 year prior to the award year are not 
     less than the median earnings of a working adult, as defined 
     under subparagraph (B), and as calculated in accordance with 
     subparagraph (B).

       ``(B) Calculation of median earnings.--
       ``(i) Working adult.--For the purposes of applying 
     subclause (IV) of subparagraph (A)(iv), a working adult 
     described in this subparagraph is a working adult who, for 
     the corresponding year--

       ``(I) is aged 25 to 34;
       ``(II) is not enrolled in an institution of higher 
     education; and
       ``(III) has only a high school diploma or its recognized 
     equivalent.

       ``(ii) Source of data.--For the purposes of applying 
     subclause (IV) of subparagraph (A)(iv), the median earnings 
     of a working adult, as described in clause (i), shall be 
     based on data from the Bureau of the Census--

       ``(I) for the State in which the institution is located; or
       ``(II) if fewer than 50 percent of the students enrolled in 
     the institution reside in the State where the institution is 
     located, for the entire United States.

       ``(iii) Small cohorts.--For any year for which the number 
     of completers for an educational program of an institution is 
     fewer than 30 individuals, the Secretary shall--

       ``(I) first, aggregate additional years of programmatic 
     data in order to achieve a cohort of at least 30 individuals; 
     and
       ``(II) second, in cases in which the cohort (including the 
     individuals added under subclause (I)) is still fewer than 30 
     individuals, aggregate additional cohort years of 
     programmatic data for educational programs of equivalent 
     length in order to achieve a cohort of at least 30 
     individuals.''.

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