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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2417 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2015 

Mr. BURGESS (for himself 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 establish 

fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate 

medical schools operating outside the United States and 

Canada. 

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 ‘‘Foreign Medical School 

5 Accountability Fairness Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

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1 ating outside of the United States and Canada in order 

2 to increase accountability and protect American students 

3 and taxpayer dollars. 

4 SEC. 3. REPEAL GRANDFATHER PROVISIONS. 

5 Section 102(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 

6 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(2)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (i) 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) in the case of a graduate medical 

10 school located outside the United States— 

11 ‘‘(I) at least 60 percent of those 

12 enrolled in, and at least 60 percent of 

13 the graduates of, the graduate med14 ical school outside the United States 

15 were not persons described in section 

16 484(a)(5) in the year preceding the 

17 year for which a student is seeking a 

18 loan under part D of title IV; and 

19 ‘‘(II) at least 75 percent of the 

20 individuals who were students or 

21 graduates of the graduate medical 

22 school outside the United States or 

23 Canada (both nationals of the United 

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1 cational Commission for Foreign Med2 ical Graduates received a passing 

3 score in the year preceding the year 

4 for which a student is seeking a loan 

5 under part D of title IV;’’; and 

6 (2) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by adding at the 

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘(V) EXPIRATION OF AUTHOR9 ITY.—The authority of a graduate 

10 medical school described in subclause 

11 (I) to qualify for participation in the 

12 loan programs under part D of title 

13 IV pursuant to this clause shall expire 

14 beginning on the first July 1 following 

15 the date of enactment of the Foreign 

16 Medical School Accountability Fair17 ness Act of 2015.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY. 

19 If a graduate medical school loses eligibility to par20 ticipate in the loan programs under part D of title IV of 

21 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et 

22 seq.) due to the enactment of the amendments made by 

23 section 3, then a student enrolled at such graduate med24 ical school on or before the date of enactment of this Act 

25 may, notwithstanding such loss of eligibility, continue to 


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1 be eligible to receive a loan under such part D while at2 tending such graduate medical school in which the student 

3 was enrolled upon the date of enactment of this Act, sub4 ject to the student continuing to meet all applicable re5 quirements for satisfactory academic progress, until the 

6 earliest of— 

7 (1) withdrawal by the student from the grad8 uate medical school; 

9 (2) completion of the program of study by the 

10 student at the graduate medical school; or 

11 (3) the fourth June 30 after such loss of eligi12 bility. 

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