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Navigator website shall be considered a reference to 
the College Dashboard website.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), as amended 
by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended— 
(1) in section 131(h) (20 U.S.C. 1015(h)), by 
striking ‘‘College Navigator’’ and inserting ‘‘College 
Dashboard’’; and 
(2) in section 132(a) (20 U.S.C. 1015a(a)), by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) COLLEGE
DASHBOARD
WEBSITE.—The 
term ‘College Dashboard website’ means the College 
Dashboard website required under subsection (d).’’. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Education 
shall develop and publish the College Dashboard website 
required under section 132 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a), as amended by subsections 
(a) and (b) of this section, not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) 
COLLEGE
NAVIGATOR
WEBSITE
MAINTE-
NANCE.—The Secretary shall maintain the College Navi-
gator website required under section 132 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a), as in effect 
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, in 
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the manner required under the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as in effect on such day, until the College Dash-
board website referred to in subsection (c) is complete and 
publicly available on the Internet. 
SEC. 3. NET PRICE CALCULATORS. 
Subsection (c) of section 132 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a), as redesignated 
by section 2(a)(4) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NET PRICE 
CALCULATORS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of the Strengthening Transparency 
in Higher Education Act, a net price calculator for 
an institution of higher education shall meet the fol-
lowing requirements: 
‘‘(A) The link for the calculator shall— 
‘‘(i) be clearly labeled as a net price 
calculator and prominently, clearly, and 
conspicuously posted in locations on the 
website of such institution where informa-
tion on costs and aid is provided and any 
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other location that the institution considers 
appropriate; and 
‘‘(ii) match in size and font to the 
other prominent links on the webpage 
where the link for the calculator is dis-
played. 
‘‘(B) The webpage displaying the results 
for the calculator shall specify at least the fol-
lowing information: 
‘‘(i) The net price (as calculated 
under subsection (a)(2)) for such institu-
tion, which shall be the most visually 
prominent figure on the results screen. 
‘‘(ii) Cost of attendance, including— 
‘‘(I) tuition and fees; 
‘‘(II) average annual cost of 
room and board for the institution for 
a full-time undergraduate student en-
rolled in the institution; 
‘‘(III) average annual cost of 
books and supplies for a full-time un-
dergraduate student enrolled in the 
institution; and 
‘‘(IV) estimated cost of other ex-
penses (including personal expenses 
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and transportation) for a full-time un-
dergraduate student enrolled in the 
institution. 
‘‘(iii) 
Estimated 
total 
need-based 
grant aid and merit-based grant aid from 
Federal, State, and institutional sources 
that may be available to a full-time under-
graduate student. 
‘‘(iv) Percentage of the full-time un-
dergraduate students enrolled in the insti-
tution that received any type of grant aid 
described in clause (iii). 
‘‘(v) The disclaimer described in para-
graph (6). 
‘‘(vi) In the case of a calculator 
that— 
‘‘(I) includes questions to esti-
mate the eligibility of a student or 
prospective student for veterans’ edu-
cation benefits (as defined in section 
480) or educational benefits for active 
duty service members, such benefits 
are displayed on the results screen in 
a manner that clearly distinguishes 
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such benefits from the grant aid de-
scribed in clause (iii); or 
‘‘(II) does not include questions 
to estimate eligibility for the benefits 
described in subclause (I), the results 
screen indicates that certain students 
(or prospective students) may qualify 
for such benefits and includes a link 
to information about such benefits. 
‘‘(C) The institution shall populate the cal-
culator with data from an academic year that 
is not more than 2 academic years prior to the 
most recent academic year. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
DATA
COL-
LECTED BY THE NET PRICE CALCULATOR.—A net 
price calculator for an institution of higher edu-
cation shall— 
‘‘(A) clearly indicate which questions are 
required to be completed for an estimate of the 
net price from the calculator; 
‘‘(B) in the case of a calculator that re-
quests contact information from users, clearly 
mark such requests as optional and provide for 
an estimate of the net price from the calculator 
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without requiring users to enter such informa-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) prohibit any personally identifiable in-
formation provided by users from being sold or 
made available to third parties.’’. 
SEC. 4. FUNDING. 
(a) USE OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of Edu-
cation to maintain the College Navigator website, 
$1,000,000 shall be available to carry out this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act. 
(b) NO
ADDITIONAL
FUNDS
AUTHORIZED.—No 
funds are authorized by this Act to be appropriated to 
carry out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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