HR 103 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 3, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Michael C. Burgess R-TX

Latest action · Jan 3, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2019

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

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 14, 2019.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Nov 14, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 1, January 3, 2019, page H214.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1922	Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2017	Reintroduction of	Apr 5, 2017
S 3058	Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2019	Related bill	Dec 16, 2019
HR 8602	Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022	Reintroduced Bill	Jul 29, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: 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.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House

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