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HR 7031 117th Congress House Education

Change of Ownership and Conversion Improvement Act

Introduced: March 9, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 9, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Change of Ownership and Conversion Improvement Act

This bill revises the application and review process for institutions of higher education (IHEs) to change ownership or for a proprietary (i.e., for-profit) IHE to convert to public or other nonprofit status, including by establishing a pretransaction review application and requiring an IHE to pay an administrative fee for such transactions or pretransaction reviews. The Government Accountability Office must report on the implementation of this bill's provisions.

What's happening now March 9, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Mar 9, 2022
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Owens, Burgess
Utah · Mar 9, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7031: Change of Ownership and Conversion Improvement Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7031/
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"H.R. 7031: Change of Ownership and Conversion Improvement Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7031/.
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H.R. 7031, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7031/.
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