I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4048 
To require institutions of higher education to provide students with statistical 
employment information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2017 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To require institutions of higher education to provide stu-
dents with statistical employment information, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Higher Education and 
Employment Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY OF EDU-
CATION.—Section 132(i)(1) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(1)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (V), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(v) Employment and earnings infor-
mation required to be provided by the in-
stitution under section 485(a)(1)(R) with 
respect to graduates of the institution’s de-
gree or certificate programs.’’; 
(2) by amending subparagraph (W) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(W) A link to the Occupational Outlook 
Handbook section of the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics website, which includes regional data on 
starting salaries in all major occupations from 
the Occupational Employment Statistics pro-
gram.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(AA) A link to a website that provides in-
formation, based on data from Federal or State 
agencies (including the Social Security Adminis-
tration, the Bureau of the Census, or State 
agencies (designated or authorized under sec-
tion 4 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 
49c)), on the employment and earnings of 
former students, disaggregated by institution 
and by completion status of such students.’’. 
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(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(1) INSTITUTIONAL
AND
FINANCIAL
ASSIST-
ANCE
INFORMATION
FOR
STUDENTS.—Section 
485(a)(1)(R) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1)(R)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(R) the placement in employment of, and 
median earnings of former students of the insti-
tution, disaggregated by program of study and 
by completion status of such students, based on 
data from Federal or State agencies (including 
the Social Security Administration, Bureau of 
the Census, or State agencies (designated or 
authorized under section 4 of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49c));’’. 
(2) PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS.— 
Section 487(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(30) The institution will provide a prominent 
link on the institution’s website to the pages or in-
formation required by subparagraphs (V)(v), (W), 
and (AA) of section 132(i)(1).’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall be effective beginning on July 1, 2019. 
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