I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4897 
To require the Secretary of Education to complete a data analysis on the 
impact of the proposed rule on gainful employment prior to issuing 
a final rule on gainful employment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2014 
Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. MCKEON, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. SINEMA, 
Mr. GARCIA, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SIRES, Mr. MUR-
PHY of Florida, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. GRAYSON, and Mr. ROKITA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Education to complete a data 
analysis on the impact of the proposed rule on gainful 
employment prior to issuing a final rule on gainful em-
ployment. 
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 ‘‘Transparency in Edu-
cation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DATA ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT FOR FINAL RULE 
ON GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
not issue a final rule or otherwise implement the proposed 
rule published by the Department of Education in the no-
tice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on 
March 25, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 16426 et seq.), or any 
other proposed rule that amends parts 600 or 668 of title 
34, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to gainful 
employment programs, until 90 days after— 
(1) the Secretary of Education publishes a com-
plete data analysis— 
(A) on the impact of such proposed rule 
(including 
the 
debt-to-earnings 
and 
pro-
grammatic cohort default rate measures) on all 
postsecondary education programs and students 
at all categories of institutions of higher edu-
cation that participate in a program under title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), including the impact on— 
(i) students who receive Federal Pell 
Grants under subpart 1 of part A of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a); 
(ii) minority students; 
(iii) students over age 24; 
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(iv) students who are veterans; 
(v) independent students; and 
(vi) dependent students; and 
(B) in a format similar to the Gainful Em-
ployment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations 
published by the Department of Education; and 
(2) the Comptroller General of the United 
States issues a report that reviews such data anal-
ysis for data accuracy and completeness. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) INDEPENDENT STUDENT.—The term ‘‘inde-
pendent student’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 480(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087vv(d)). 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), except 
that the term does not include institutions described 
in subparagraph (C) of section 102(a)(1). 
(3) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 480(c) of the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1087vv(c)). 
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