include in the Internet course schedule the au-
thor, title, publisher, and copyright date for 
such college textbook or supplemental material; 
‘‘(B) the retail price of required and rec-
ommended college textbooks and supplemental 
materials; 
‘‘(C) any applicable fee information of re-
quired and recommended college textbooks and 
supplemental materials; 
‘‘(D) whether each required and rec-
ommended college textbook and supplemental 
material is an open educational resource; and 
‘‘(E) for a college textbook or supplemental 
material delivered primarily in a digital format, 
a link to the summary required to be provided 
by the publisher under subsection (c)(1)(F); 
and’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION FOR COLLEGE 
BOOKSTORES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An institution of higher 
education receiving Federal financial assistance shall 
assist a college bookstore that is operated by, or in 
a contractual relationship or otherwise affiliated 
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with, the institution, in obtaining required and rec-
ommended course materials information and such 
course schedule and enrollment information as is 
reasonably required to implement this section so 
that such bookstore may— 
‘‘(A) verify availability of such materials; 
‘‘(B) source lower cost options, including 
presenting lower cost alternatives to faculty for 
faculty to consider, when practicable; and 
‘‘(C) maximize the availability of format 
options for students. 
‘‘(2) DUE DATES.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), an institution of higher education may establish 
due dates for faculty or departments to notify the 
campus bookstore of required and recommended 
course materials.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) available open educational resources;’’. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that institutions of higher 
education should encourage the consideration of open text-
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books by faculty within the generally accepted principles 
of academic freedom that establishes the right and respon-
sibility of faculty members, individually and collectively, 
to select course materials that are pedagogically most ap-
propriate for their classes. 
SEC. 6. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives on the cost of textbooks to students at 
institutions of higher education. The report shall particu-
larly examine— 
(1) the implementation of section 133 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015b), 
as amended by section 4, including— 
(A) the availability of college textbook and 
open 
educational 
resource 
information 
on 
course schedules; 
(B) the compliance of publishers with ap-
plicable requirements under such section; and 
(C) the costs and benefits to institutions of 
higher education and to students; 
(2) the change in the cost of textbooks; 
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