IHE Nonprofit Clarity Act

Bill: 119-hr-1852
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-03-05
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>IHE Nonprofit Clarity Act</strong></p><p>This bill specifies that an institution of higher education (IHE) that is recognized as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must also be deemed as a nonprofit&nbsp;IHE for purposes of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Thus, if the Internal Revenue Service recognizes an IHE as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization,&nbsp;then the Department of Education must also recognize the&nbsp;IHE as a nonprofit IHE.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1852 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that any institution of higher education that is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code be deemed a nonprofit institution of higher education for purposes of such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IHE Nonprofit Clarity Act . 2. Definition of nonprofit institution of higher education Section 103(13) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1003(13) ) is amended by inserting at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of an institution of higher education that is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, such institution of higher education shall be deemed to be a nonprofit institution of higher education for purposes of this Act. .