[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7810 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7810

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour 
 requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2024

Mr. Smucker (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
  Van Orden, and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour 
 requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clock Hour Program Student 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. CLOCK HOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF TRAINING.

    Section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1088(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) An otherwise eligible program that provides a program 
        of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a 
        recognized profession in a State, and for which the number of 
        clock hours of instruction exceeds the minimum number of clock 
        hours of instruction required by such State for training in the 
        recognized profession for which the otherwise eligible program 
        prepares students, shall be determined to be an eligible 
        program under this subsection if the number of clock hours of 
        instruction provided by such otherwise eligible program does 
        not exceed the greater of--
                    ``(A) 150 percent of the minimum number of clock 
                hours required by such State for training in the 
                recognized profession for which the otherwise eligible 
                program prepares students; or
                    ``(B) 150 percent of the minimum number of clock 
                hours required by a Federal agency for such 
                training.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 
2024, and apply with respect to award year 2024-2025 and each 
subsequent award year.
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