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Union Calendar No. 151 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2637 
[Report No. 113–205] 
To prohibit the Secretary of Education from engaging in regulatory overreach 
with regard to institutional eligibility under title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2013 
Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. 
PRICE of Georgia, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. RIBBLE, and Mr. MATHESON 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 10, 2013] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Education from engaging in 
regulatory overreach with regard to institutional eligi-
bility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Supporting Academic 
Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REGULATORY RELIEF. 
(a) REGULATIONS REPEALED.— 
(1) REPEAL.—The following regulations (includ-
ing any supplement or revision to such regulations) 
are repealed and shall have no legal effect: 
(A) 
STATE
AUTHORIZATION.—Sections 
600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, and 
668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations 
(relating to State authorization), as added or 
amended by the final regulations published by 
the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
66832 et seq.). 
(B) DEFINITION
OF
CREDIT
HOUR.—The 
definition of the term ‘‘credit hour’’ in section 
600.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
added by the final regulations published by the 
Department of Education in the Federal Register 
on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66946), and 
clauses (i)(A), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (k)(2) 
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of section 668.8 of such title, as amended by such 
final regulations (75 Fed. Reg. 66949 et seq.). 
(C) 
GAINFUL
EMPLOYMENT.—Sections 
600.10(c), 600.20(d), 668.6, and 668.7, of title 
34, Code of Federal Regulations as added or 
amended by the final regulations published by 
the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
66832 et seq. and 75 Fed. Reg. 66665 et seq.) 
and June 13, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 34386 et seq.). 
(2) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—To the extent that reg-
ulations repealed by paragraph (1) amended regula-
tions that were in effect on June 30, 2011, the provi-
sions of the regulations that were in effect on June 30, 
2011, and were so amended are restored and revived 
as if the regulations repealed by paragraph (1) had 
not taken effect. 
(b) CERTAIN REGULATIONS PROHIBITED.— 
(1) STATE AUTHORIZATION AND GAINFUL EM-
PLOYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall not, during the period described in 
subparagraph (B), promulgate or enforce any 
regulation or rule not in effect on the date of en-
actment of this Act for any purpose under the 
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Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.) with respect to— 
(i) the State authorization for institu-
tions of higher education to operate within 
a State; or 
(ii) the definition or application of the 
term ‘‘gainful employment’’. 
(B) PERIOD OF PROHIBITION.—The period 
during which the Secretary is prohibited from 
promulgating or enforcing a regulation described 
in subparagraph (A) shall be the period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
ending on the date of enactment of a law that ex-
tends by not less than 2 fiscal years the author-
ization or duration of one or more programs 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
(2) CREDIT HOUR.—The Secretary of Education 
shall not, on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule 
with respect to the definition of the term ‘‘credit 
hour’’ for any purpose under the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
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SEC. 3. THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
Section 487(a)(20) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
an institution described in section 101 may provide pay-
ment, based on the amount of tuition generated by the insti-
tution from student enrollment, to a third-party entity that 
provides a set of services to the institution that includes 
student recruitment services, regardless of whether the third- 
party entity is affiliated with an institution that provides 
educational services other than the institution providing 
such payment, if— 
‘‘(A) the third-party entity is not affiliated 
with the institution providing such payment; 
‘‘(B) the third-party entity does not make 
compensation payments to its employees that are 
prohibited under this paragraph; 
‘‘(C) the set of services provided to the insti-
tution by the third-party entity include services 
in addition to student recruitment services, and 
the institution does not pay the third-party enti-
ty solely or separately for student recruitment 
services provided by the third-party entity; and 
‘‘(D) any student recruitment information 
available to the third-party entity, including 
personally identifiable information, will not be 
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used by, shared with, or sold to any other person 
or entity, including any institution that is affili-
ated with the third-party entity.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 151 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2637 
[Report No. 113–205] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Education from engag-
ing in regulatory overreach with regard to insti-
tutional eligibility under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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