‘‘SEC. 129. CERTIFICATION REGARDING THE USE OF CER-
TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds received under 
this Act by an institution of higher education or other post-
secondary educational institution may be used to pay any 
person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer 
or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer 
or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of 
Congress in connection with any Federal action described 
in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—The prohibition in subsection 
(a) applies with respect to the following Federal actions: 
‘‘(1) The awarding of any Federal contract. 
‘‘(2) The making of any Federal grant. 
‘‘(3) The making of any Federal loan. 
‘‘(4) The entering into of any Federal coopera-
tive agreement. 
‘‘(5) 
The 
extension, 
continuation, 
renewal, 
amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, 
grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. 
‘‘(c) LOBBYING AND EARMARKS.—No Federal student 
aid funding under this Act may be used to hire a registered 
lobbyist or pay any person or entity for securing an ear-
mark. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.—Each institution of higher edu-
cation or other postsecondary educational institution re-
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ceiving Federal funding under this Act, as a condition for 
receiving such funding, shall annually certify to the Sec-
retary that the requirements of subsections (a) through (c) 
have been met. 
‘‘(e) ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE.—The 
Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure 
that the provisions of this section are implemented and en-
forced.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 119 of the Higher 
Education Opportunity Act (20 U.S.C. 1011m) is re-
pealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 1(b) of the Higher Education Oppor-
tunity Act is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 119. 
SEC. 1020. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION. 
Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.), as amended by this part, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 130. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION. 
‘‘(a) NON-RETALIATION AGAINST STUDENTS OF SIN-
GLE-SEX SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.—An institution of high-
er education that receives funds under this Act shall not— 
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‘‘(1) take any action to require or coerce a stu-
dent or prospective student who is a member or pro-
spective member of a single-sex social organization to 
waive the requirements of paragraph (2), including as 
a condition of enrolling in the institution; or 
‘‘(2) take any adverse action against a student 
who is a member or a prospective member of a single- 
sex social organization based solely on the member-
ship practice of such organization limiting member-
ship to only individuals of one sex. 
‘‘(b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall— 
‘‘(1) require an institution of higher education to 
officially recognize a single-sex organization; 
‘‘(2) prohibit an institution of higher education 
from taking an adverse action against a student who 
joins a single-sex social organization for a reason in-
cluding academic misconduct or nonacademic mis-
conduct, or because the organization’s purpose poses a 
clear harm to the students or employees, so long as 
that adverse action is not based solely on the member-
ship practice of the organization of limiting member-
ship to only individuals of one sex; or 
‘‘(3) inhibit the ability of the faculty, staff, or 
administrators of an institution of higher education 
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to express an opinion (either individually or collec-
tively) about membership in a single-sex social orga-
nization, or otherwise inhibit the academic freedom of 
such faculty, staff, or administrators to research, 
write, or publish material about membership in such 
an organization. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVERSE ACTION.—The term ‘adverse ac-
tion’ means any of the following actions taken by an 
institution of higher education with respect to a mem-
ber or prospective member of a single-sex social orga-
nization: 
‘‘(A) Expulsion, suspension, probation, cen-
sure, condemnation, formal reprimand, or any 
other disciplinary action, coercive action, or 
sanction taken by an institution of higher edu-
cation or administrative unit of such institution. 
‘‘(B) An oral or written warning with re-
spect to an action described in subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(C) An action to deny participation in 
any education program or activity. 
‘‘(D) An action to withhold, in whole or in 
part, any financial assistance (including schol-
arships and on campus employment), or denying 
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the opportunity to apply for financial assistance, 
a scholarship, a graduate fellowship, or on-cam-
pus employment. 
‘‘(E) An action to deny or restrict access to 
on-campus housing. 
‘‘(F) An act to deny any certification, en-
dorsement, or letter of recommendation that may 
be required by a student’s current or future em-
ployer, a government agency, a licensing board, 
an institution of higher education, a scholarship 
program, or a graduate fellowship to which the 
student seeks to apply. 
‘‘(G) An action to deny participation in 
any sports team, club, or other student organiza-
tion, including a denial of any leadership posi-
tion in any sports team, club, or other student 
organization. 
‘‘(H) An action to require any student to 
certify that such student is not a member of a 
single-sex social organization or to disclose the 
student’s membership in a single-sex social orga-
nization. 
‘‘(2) SINGLE-SEX
SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘single-sex social organization’ means— 
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‘‘(A) a social fraternity or sorority de-
scribed in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code; or 
‘‘(B) an organization that has been histori-
cally single-sex, the active membership of which 
consists primarily of students or alumni of an 
institution of higher education or multiple insti-
tutions of higher education.’’. 
PART C—COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION 
SEC. 1021. CONSUMER INFORMATION. 
(a) NET PRICE CALCULATORS.— 
(1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Section 132(h) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(h)) 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (6); 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the period ‘‘, and, not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the College Affordability 
Act, shall meet the requirements of paragraph 
(4)(C)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the College 
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