I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5850 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to waive the 90–10 rule 
for proprietary institutions impacted by Hurricanes Irma or Maria. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2018 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico 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 waive the 
90–10 rule for proprietary institutions impacted by Hur-
ricanes Irma or Maria. 
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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Higher 
Education Disaster Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma 
made landfall in Puerto Rico, particularly affecting 
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its east coast and the islands of Vieques and 
Culebra. 
(2) While Puerto Rico was recovering from 
Hurricane Irma, on September 20, 2017, Hurricane 
Marı´a made landfall in Puerto Rico as a category 4 
hurricane, being the worst storm to strike the Island 
in over 80 years. 
(3) Consequently, Puerto Rican institutions of 
higher education have faced extraordinary expenses 
to continue their operations, such as power genera-
tors, fuel, additional security guards, transportation, 
cleaning, reconstruction, food, potable water, among 
others. In most cases, the insurance companies are 
not covering the damages or losses or have delayed 
payments. 
(4) Students in Puerto Rico lack the funds to 
cover their tuition payment plans because they have 
been using such funds to deal with their own ex-
traordinary expenses in the aftermath of Hurricanes 
Irma and Marı´a. While other students are leaving 
the Island and continuing their studies in the contig-
uous United States. 
(5) As a result of Hurrianes Irma and Maria, 
Puerto Rican for-profit higher education institutions 
are unable to comply with the 90–10 Rule under 
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section 487(a)(24) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1084(a)(24)) because they are un-
able to meet the requirement that not less than ten 
percent of such institution’s revenues be derived 
from sources other than funds provided under title 
IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF 90–10 RULE. 
Section 487(a)(24) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1084(a)(24)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(24) In the case of’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(24)(A) In the case of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
with respect to fiscal years 2018 through 2020 
to an institution described in such subpara-
graph (A) that is located in an area declared as 
a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
resulting from Hurricane Irma or Maria.’’. 
Æ 
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