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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4646 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for comprehensive 
student achievement information. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2021 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
for comprehensive student achievement information. 
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 ‘‘Time for Completion 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER INFORMATION ABOUT COMPLETION OR 
GRADUATION TIMES. 
(a) TRANSPARENCY IN COLLEGE TUITION FOR CON-
SUMERS.—Section 132(i)(1)(J) of the Higher Education 
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(1)(J)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(J)(i) For programs of study 4 years of 
length or longer— 
‘‘(I) the percentages of first-time, full- 
time, degree- or certificate-seeking under-
graduate students enrolled at the institu-
tion who obtain a degree or certificate 
within each of the times for completion or 
graduation described in subclauses (I) 
through (III) of clause (iii); 
‘‘(II) the percentages of first-time, 
part-time, degree- or certificate-seeking un-
dergraduate students enrolled at the insti-
tution who obtain a degree or certificate 
within each of the times for completion or 
graduation described in subclauses (I) 
through (III) of clause (iii); 
‘‘(III) the percentages of non-first 
time, full-time, degree- or certificate-seek-
ing undergraduate students enrolled at the 
institution who obtain a degree or certifi-
cate within each of the times for comple-
tion or graduation described in subclauses 
(I) through (III) of clause (iii); and 
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‘‘(IV) the percentages of non-first- 
time, part-time, degree- or certificate-seek-
ing undergraduate students enrolled at the 
institution who obtain a degree or certifi-
cate within each of the times for comple-
tion or graduation described in subclauses 
(I) through (III) of clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) For programs of study less than 4 
years— 
‘‘(I) the percentages of first-time, full- 
time, degree- or certificate-seeking under-
graduate students enrolled at the institu-
tion who obtain a degree or certificate 
within each of the times for completion or 
graduation described in subclauses (I) 
through (IV) of clause (iii); 
‘‘(II) the percentages of first-time, 
part-time, degree- or certificate-seeking un-
dergraduate students enrolled at the insti-
tution who obtain a degree or certificate 
within each of the times for completion or 
graduation described in subclauses (I) 
through (IV) of clause (iii); 
‘‘(III) the percentages of non-first- 
time, full-time, degree- or certificate-seek-
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