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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4711 
To limit the authority of the Secretary of Education to propose or issue 
regulations and executive actions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2023 
Mr. GROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To limit the authority of the Secretary of Education to 
propose or issue regulations and executive actions. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Taxpayers 
from Student Loan Bailouts Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
EDUCATION TO PROPOSE OR ISSUE REGULA-
TIONS AND EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. 
Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 492 (20 U.S.C. 1098a) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 492A. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF THE SEC-
RETARY TO PROPOSE OR ISSUE REGULA-
TIONS AND EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. 
‘‘(a) DRAFT REGULATIONS.—Beginning after the 
date of enactment of this section, a draft regulation imple-
menting this title (as described in section 492(b)(1)) that 
is determined by the Secretary to be economically signifi-
cant shall be subject to the following requirements (re-
gardless of whether negotiated rulemaking occurs): 
‘‘(1) The Secretary shall determine whether the 
draft regulation, if implemented, would result in an 
increase in a subsidy cost. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary determines under para-
graph (1) that the draft regulation would result in 
an increase in a subsidy cost, then the Secretary 
may take no further action with respect to such reg-
ulation. 
‘‘(b) PROPOSED OR FINAL REGULATIONS AND EXEC-
UTIVE ACTIONS.—Beginning after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Secretary may not issue a proposed 
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rule, final regulation, or executive action implementing 
this title if the Secretary determines that the rule, regula-
tion, or executive action— 
‘‘(1) is economically significant; and 
‘‘(2) would result in an increase in a subsidy 
cost. 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
The analyses required under subsections (a) and (b) shall 
be in addition to any other cost analysis required under 
law for a regulation implementing this title, including any 
cost analysis that may be required pursuant to Executive 
Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), Executive Order 13563 (76 Fed. 
Reg. 3821; relating to improving regulation and regu-
latory review), or any related or successor orders. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘eco-
nomically significant’, when used with respect to a draft, 
proposed, or final regulation or executive action, means 
that the regulation or executive action is likely, as deter-
mined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) to have an annual effect on the economy 
of $100,000,000 or more; or 
‘‘(2) adversely to affect in a material way the 
economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, com-
petition, jobs, the environment, public health or safe-
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ty, or State, local, or tribal governments or commu-
nities.’’. 
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