I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4348 
To increase transparency and reduce students’ burdens related to transferring 
credits between institutions of higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2014 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. POLIS, 
Ms. FUDGE, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To increase transparency and reduce students’ burdens re-
lated to transferring credits between institutions of high-
er education. 
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 ‘‘Transferring Credits 
for College Completion Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) 
TRANSFER
COMPLETION
DATA.—Section 
132(i)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
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1015a(i)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(AA) The percentages of degree- or cer-
tificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled 
at the institution who have transferred from an-
other institution and who obtain a degree or 
certificate within— 
‘‘(i) the normal time for completion 
of, or graduation from, the student’s pro-
gram (including the time spent as a 
degree- or certificate-seeking undergradu-
ate student at any other institution); 
‘‘(ii) 150 percent of the normal time 
for completion of, or graduation from, the 
student’s program (including the time 
spent as a degree- or certificate-seeking 
undergraduate student at any other insti-
tution); and 
‘‘(iii) 200 percent of the normal time 
for completion of, or graduation from, the 
students program (including the time spent 
as a degree- or certificate-seeking under-
graduate student at any other institu-
tion).’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS. 
(a) TRANSFER
OF
CREDIT
POLICIES.—Section 
485(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Each institution of higher 
education’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.—Each insti-
tution of higher education that is not described 
in subparagraph (B) and that is’’; 
(B) by redesigning subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.—Each public 
institution of higher education participating in 
any program under this title shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than July 1, 2017, pub-
licly disclose on a central location, and in 
a readable and comprehensible manner, on 
the website of such institution— 
‘‘(I) a list of the public institu-
tions of higher education that hold an 
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articulation agreement in common 
with the institution; 
‘‘(II) a list of the courses in the 
common general education core cur-
riculum of such public institutions of 
higher education; and 
‘‘(III) a description of each asso-
ciate degree program at a public insti-
tution of higher education in the State 
that is acceptable in transfer and will 
provide credit toward the first 2 years 
of a related baccalaureate program at 
a public institution of higher edu-
cation in such State, including each 
such associate degree program that is 
fully acceptable in transfer and will be 
credited as the first 2 years of a bac-
calaureate program; and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, in each 
electronic and printed publication of the 
institution’s course schedule published on 
or after July 1, 2017, in a manner of the 
institution’s choosing, for each course or 
program of study listed in the institution’s 
course schedule, whether such course or 
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program of study is part of the common 
general education core curriculum at the 
institution and transferable for credit to-
ward the completion of a degree at any 
public institution of higher education listed 
under clause (i)(I). 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (B), the terms ‘articulation agree-
ment’ and ‘common general education core cur-
riculum’ have the meanings given such terms in 
paragraph (2).’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (3), each public institution of 
higher education participating in any program under 
this title shall, not later than July 1, 2017, enter 
into an articulation agreement (as defined in section 
486A(a)) held in common with the other public insti-
tutions of higher education that are in the State in 
which the institution is located and that are partici-
pating in any such program. Such articulation 
agreement shall, at a minimum, include the fol-
lowing: 
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