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Shown Here: Introduced in House (04/28/2015)
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2079 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2079
To provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code,
relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply
to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions
of higher education; and to prohibit limitations on the ability of
students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher
education.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 28, 2015
Ms. Maxine Waters of California (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Mr.
Ellison, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Judy Chu of
California, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Takano) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code,
relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply
to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions
of higher education; and to prohibit limitations on the ability of
students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher
education.
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 ``Court Legal Access and Student
Support (CLASS) Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 9, UNITED STATES CODE, TO
ENROLLMENT AGREEMENTS MADE BETWEEN STUDENTS AND CERTAIN
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code
(relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements) shall not apply
to an enrollment agreement made between a student and an institution of
higher education.
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such term in
section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (0 U.S.C. 1002).
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON LIMITATIONS ON ABILITY OF STUDENTS TO PURSUE
CLAIMS AGAINST CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(30) The institution will not require any student to
agree to, and will not enforce, any limitation or restriction
(including a limitation or restriction on any available choice
of applicable law, a jury trial, or venue) on the ability of a
student to pursue a claim, individually or with others, against
an institution in court.''.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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