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To expand the definition of institution of higher education in the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to certain graduate medical schools located outside of the United States.
To expand the definition of institution of higher education in the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to certain graduate medical schools located outside of the United States.
Summary
The bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the definition of "institution of higher education" to include certain graduate medical schools located outside the United States. It allows foreign medical schools to qualify if they have or maintain clinical training programs that are approved by a State, where the approval process required an on-site inspection of the institution and its affiliated locations. This change would enable students at certain foreign medical schools to potentially access federal education programs that depend on this institutional classification.
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- Apr 14, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Apr 14, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 2026
Mr. Suozzi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To expand the definition of institution of higher education in the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to certain graduate medical schools located outside of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 102(a)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “graduate medical school,” and inserting “graduate medical school other than a graduate medical school described in clause
(i)(I)(aa)(BB), a”; and
(2) by amending item (aa) of clause (i)(I) to read as follows: “(aa)(AA) at least 60 percent of those enrolled in, and at least 60 percent of the graduates of, the graduate medical school outside the United States were not persons described in section 484(a)(5) in the year preceding the year for which a student is seeking a loan under part D of title IV; or “(BB) the school has or had a clinical training program that, as of January 31, 2021, was approved by a State with an approval process that required an on-site visit to the institution and its affiliated locations by that State or its authorized representatives, and that continues to operate a clinical training program in at least one State that is approved by that State; and”. <all>
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