willfully disclose to any person (except as authorized 
in this Act or any Federal law) such personally iden-
tifiable information. 
‘‘(2) PENALTY.—Any person who violates para-
graph (1) shall be fined not more than $5,000, im-
prisoned not more than 5 years, or both, together 
with the costs of prosecution. 
‘‘(3) EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—If a violation of paragraph (1) is com-
mitted by any officer or employee of the United 
States, the officer or employee shall be dismissed 
from office or discharged from employment upon 
conviction for the violation. 
‘‘(4) SALE OF DATA PROHIBITED.—Data col-
lected under this section shall not be sold to any 
third party by the Director, any postsecondary insti-
tution, or any other entity. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON USE BY OTHER FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—The Director shall not allow any other 
Federal agency to use data collected under this sec-
tion for any purpose except as explicitly authorized 
by this Act. 
‘‘(6) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Personally identifi-
able information collected under this section shall 
not be used for any law enforcement activity or any 
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other activity that would result in adverse action 
against any student, including debt collection activ-
ity or enforcement of the immigration laws. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$162,500,000 for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; or 
‘‘(B) a partnership between an institution 
of higher education and at least one of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) A local educational agency. 
‘‘(ii) A State educational agency. 
‘‘(3) FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.— 
The term ‘first-generation college student’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 402A(h). 
‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101. 
‘‘(5) REMEDIAL EDUCATION.—The term ‘reme-
dial education’— 
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‘‘(A) means education (such as courses or 
training) offered at an institution of higher 
education that— 
‘‘(i) is below the postsecondary level; 
and 
‘‘(ii) is determined by the institution 
to be necessary to help students be pre-
pared for the pursuit of a first under-
graduate baccalaureate degree or certifi-
cate or, in the case of courses in English 
language instruction, to be necessary to 
enable the student to utilize already exist-
ing knowledge, training, or skills; and 
‘‘(B) includes developmental education that 
meets the requirements of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 316.’’. 
SEC. 4. EXCEPTION TO STUDENT UNIT RECORD BAN. 
Section 134(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1015c(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the following: 
‘‘(1) is necessary’’; and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) is necessary’’; 
(2) by striking the following: 
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‘‘(2) was in’’; and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) was in’’; 
(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) is necessary for the operation of section 
486B.’’. 
Æ 
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