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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2637 
To prohibit the Secretary of Education from engaging in regulatory overreach 
with regard to institutional eligibility under title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2013 
Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Education from engaging in 
regulatory overreach with regard to institutional eligi-
bility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, 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 ‘‘Supporting Academic 
Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REGULATORY RELIEF. 
(a) REGULATIONS REPEALED.— 
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(1) REPEAL.—The following regulations (in-
cluding any supplement or revision to such regula-
tions) are repealed and shall have no legal effect: 
(A) 
STATE
AUTHORIZATION.—Sections 
600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, 
and 668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (relating to State authorization), as 
added or amended by the final regulations pub-
lished by the Department of Education in the 
Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. 
Reg. 66832 et seq.). 
(B) DEFINITION OF CREDIT HOUR.—The 
definition of the term ‘‘credit hour’’ in section 
600.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as added by the final regulations published by 
the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
66946), and clauses (i)(A), (ii), and (iii) of sub-
section (k)(2) of section 668.8 of such title, as 
amended by such final regulations (75 Fed. 
Reg. 66949 et seq.). 
(C) 
GAINFUL
EMPLOYMENT.—Sections 
600.10(c), 600.20(d), 668.6, and 668.7, of title 
34, Code of Federal Regulations as added or 
amended by the final regulations published by 
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the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
66832 et seq. and 75 Fed. Reg. 66665 et seq.) 
and June 13, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 34386 et 
seq.). 
(2) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—To the extent that 
regulations repealed by paragraph (1) amended reg-
ulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, the 
provisions of the regulations that were in effect on 
June 30, 2011, and were so amended are restored 
and revived as if the regulations repealed by para-
graph (1) had not taken effect. 
(b) REGULATIONS PROHIBITED.— 
(1) STATE AUTHORIZATION AND GAINFUL EM-
PLOYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall not, during the period described in 
subparagraph (B), promulgate or enforce any 
regulation or rule not in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act for any purpose under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.) with respect to— 
(i) the State authorization for institu-
tions of higher education to operate within 
a State; or 
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