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HR 2417 114th Congress House

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015

Official title: 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: June 25, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesMedical educationStudent aid and college costs
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Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
May 19, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 19, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require all foreign medical schools to meet minimum requirements for percentage of foreign students and for percentage of students passing exams administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in order for students to be eligible for William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans. (Currently, the Department of Education may establish alternative standards and certain clinical training programs are grandfathered.)

Students continue to be eligible for a loan if, on the date of enactment of this Act, they are enrolled in a foreign medical school that loses eligibility as a result of this Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1374 Related bill Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jun 25, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2417: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2417/
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"H.R. 2417: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2417/.
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H.R. 2417, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2417/.
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