This bill would nullify DOE's "credit hour" rules

112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION
H. R. 2117
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2 (A) STATE AUTHORIZATION.—Sections
600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, and 668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Reg- ulations (relating to State authorization), as added or amended by the final regulations pub- lished by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66832 et seq.).
(B) DEFINITION OF CREDIT HOUR.—The definition of the term ‘‘credit hour’’ in section 600.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as added by the final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66946), and subsection (k)(2)(ii) of section 668.8 of such title, as amended by such final regulations (75 Fed. Reg. 66949 et seq.).
(2) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—To the extent that regulations repealed by paragraph (1) amended reg- ulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, the provisions of the regulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, and were so amended are restored and revived as if the regulations repealed by para- graph (1) had not taken effect.
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3 (b) REGULATIONS DEFINING CREDIT HOUR PROHIB-
ITED.—The Secretary shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule that defines the term ‘‘credit hour’’ for any purpose under the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the date of enactment of this section.
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