I 
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 Cali-
fornia, 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. 
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 ‘‘Truth in Tuition Act 
of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTICE OF TUITION LEVELS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 487(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(30)(A) The institution will provide to each 
student admitted to an undergraduate or graduate 
program— 
‘‘(i) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; 
or 
‘‘(ii) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, 
and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net 
costs after all financial aid is awarded, assum-
ing constant family and student income, assets, 
and relevant circumstances. 
‘‘(B) Multi-year schedules and estimates re-
quired by subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) may include a percentage or dollar in-
crease or decrease of any size the institution de-
termines to be appropriate from one year to the 
next; and 
‘‘(ii) shall indicate, on a year-by-year basis, 
costs for the normal duration of such student’s 
undergraduate or graduate program. 
‘‘(C) Institutions that elect a single-year tuition 
and fee schedule under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall 
include with each multi-year estimate provided under 
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such subparagraph the average deviation, in percent-
age terms, between previous year estimates and ac-
tual net costs for students at their institution. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall waive the require-
ments of subparagraph (A) if the institution dem-
onstrates to the Secretary that the requirements of 
subparagraph (A) are not practicable because of the 
occurrence of one or more events causing the institu-
tion severe economic distress, dramatic reduction of 
State or Federal aid, or any other circumstance de-
termined to be appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall be effective on the date that is 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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