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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4462 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions 

of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. RODNEY

DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. HANNA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM

of New Mexico, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, 

Mr. PETERS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 

certain institutions of higher education to provide notice 

of tuition levels for students. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Tuition Act 

5 of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NOTICE OF TUITION LEVELS. 

2 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 487(a) of the Higher 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(30)(A) The institution will provide to each 

6 student admitted to an undergraduate or graduate 

7 program— 

8 ‘‘(i) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(ii) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, 

11 and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net 

12 costs after all financial aid is awarded, assum13 ing constant family and student income, assets, 

14 and relevant circumstances. 

15 ‘‘(B) Multi-year schedules and estimates re16 quired by subparagraph (A)— 

17 ‘‘(i) may include a percentage or dollar in18 crease or decrease of any size the institution de19 termines to be appropriate from one year to the 

20 next; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) shall indicate, on a year-by-year basis, 

22 costs for the normal duration of such student’s 

23 undergraduate or graduate program. 

24 ‘‘(C) Institutions that elect a single-year tuition 

25 and fee schedule under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall 

26 include with each multi-year estimate provided under 


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1 such subparagraph the average deviation, in percent2 age terms, between previous year estimates and ac3 tual net costs for students at their institution. 

4 ‘‘(D) The Secretary shall waive the require5 ments of subparagraph (A) if the institution dem6 onstrates to the Secretary that the requirements of 

7 subparagraph (A) are not practicable because of the 

8 occurrence of one or more events causing the institu9 tion severe economic distress, dramatic reduction of 

10 State or Federal aid, or any other circumstance de11 termined to be appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 subsection (a) shall be effective on the date that is 120 

14 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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