(I) for little or no meaningful 
academic work; 
(II) without requiring an appro-
priate level of academic achievement 
for the attainment of such degrees, di-
plomas, or certificates; or 
(III) without imposing academic 
or other requirements for admittance 
into the institutions or programs of-
fering such degrees, diplomas, or cer-
tificates; 
(ii) has fiscal and administrative 
structures and capacity appropriate to the 
specified scale of educational operations; 
(iii) has resources to support claims 
as a degree-granting institution, including 
curricula, qualified faculty, facilities, equip-
ment, and supplies, student support serv-
ices, objectives of the degrees or creden-
tials offered, admissions practices, aca-
demic calendars and catalogs, and a grad-
ing system; and 
(iv) has degree-granting authority 
issued by the States in which degrees, or 
instruction leading to degrees, are offered, 
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and is recognized by such States as an ap-
proved institution of higher education; 
(B) the feasibility of defining the term 
‘‘fraudulent degree-granting institution’’ (com-
monly referred to as ‘‘diploma mills’’), and if 
feasible, shall define such term for use in Fed-
eral laws and regulations; 
(C) issues related to— 
(i) the detection of new and existing 
fraudulent degree-granting institutions; 
(ii) recognition and prevention of the 
practices used by such fraudulent degree- 
granting institutions to avoid detection; 
(iii) the enforcement of laws and regu-
lations prohibiting such fraudulent degree- 
granting institutions and practices and the 
use of fraudulent degrees; and 
(iv) the prosecution of such fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions and practices 
and the use of fraudulent degrees; 
(D) difficulties in identifying fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions located in foreign 
countries, or that claim recognition or degree- 
granting authority from foreign countries; 
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(E) means to alert and educate the public 
about fraudulent degree-granting institutions 
and the use of fraudulent degrees; 
(F) laws, regulations, and other means 
used by States to address fraudulent degree- 
granting institutions and the use of fraudulent 
degrees; 
(G) the potential need for coordination and 
cooperation among various Federal agencies to 
investigate and prosecute suspected fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions, and the detailed 
recommendations of the Task Force regarding 
such coordination and cooperation; 
(H) the study and the report to the Task 
Force required under section 11; and 
(I) the purposes for which various agencies 
of the United States need to identify fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions, and identify, pro-
hibit, and prevent the use of degrees issued by 
such fraudulent institutions, and the ability of 
such agencies to implement any guidelines con-
sidered by the Task Force. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL PLAN.—The 
Task Force shall develop a strategic diploma integ-
rity protection plan (referred to in this section as 
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