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H.R. 8602 117th Congress House

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022

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: July 29, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Jul 29, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 29, 2022
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 Latest action July 29, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022

This bill revises the institutional eligibility criteria for a foreign graduate medical school to participate in federal student-aid programs. Specifically, the bill requires all foreign graduate medical schools to meet the same minimum requirements to participate in the programs.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 103 Reintroduction of Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2019
  • S 4792 Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8602: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8602/
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"H.R. 8602: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8602/.
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H.R. 8602, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8602/.
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