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S 1822 113th Congress Senate

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada.

Introduced: December 12, 2013 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Became law
Dec 17, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8907)
Dec 12, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8775-8776)
Dec 12, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action December 17, 2013

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8907)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the exemption of certain foreign medical schools from the prohibition on foreign medical schools participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program, unless:

  • at least 60% of those enrolled in, and at least 60% of the graduates of, the foreign medical school during the preceding year were not citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States or were not in the United States with the intention of becoming citizens or permanent residents; and
  • at least 75% of students or graduates of the medical school located outside the United States or Canada who took the examinations administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in the preceding year received a passing score.

Preserves the Direct Loan eligibility of students who were enrolled at schools excepted from that prohibition on or before the date of this Act's enactment.


 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3903 Related bill Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1822: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1822/
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"S. 1822: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1822/.
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S. 1822, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1822/.
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