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112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2117
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 3, 2011
Ms. Foxx (for herself and Mr. Kline) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Repeal of regulations relating to State authorization and defining credit hour
Regulations repealed
Repeal
The following regulations (including any supplement or revision to such regulations) are repealed and shall have no legal effect:
State authorization
Sections 600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, and 668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to State authorization), as added or amended by the final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66832 et seq.).
Definition of credit hour
The definition of
the term credit hour
in section 600.2 of title 34, Code of
Federal Regulations, as added by the final regulations published by the
Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed.
Reg. 66946), and subsection (k)(2)(ii) of section 668.8 of such title, as
amended by such final regulations (75 Fed. Reg. 66949 et seq.).
Effect of repeal
To the extent that regulations repealed by paragraph (1) amended regulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, the provisions of the regulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, and were so amended are restored and revived as if the regulations repealed by paragraph (1) had not taken effect.
Regulations defining credit hour prohibited
The Secretary shall not promulgate or
enforce any regulation or rule that defines the term credit hour
for any purpose under the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the date of
enactment of this section.
