Higher Education Transparency Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2315 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the disclosure of agreements between institutions of higher education and certain foreign sources, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 1, 2021 Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. STEUBE, and Mr. FALLON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the disclosure of agreements between institutions of high- er education and certain foreign sources, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Higher Education 4 Transparency Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:16 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2315.IH H2315 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2315 IH SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN FOR- 1 EIGN SOURCES. 2 Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 3 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 4 following: 5 ‘‘(30)(A) The institution will make available, on 6 a publicly accessible website of the institution, the 7 full content of any agreement between the institution 8 and a foreign source that provides, or intends to 9 provide, language and cultural teaching resources 10 and services to students of the institution. 11 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 12 ‘foreign source’ has the meaning given such term in 13 section 117(h)(2).’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:16 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2315.IH H2315 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS