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To reduce and prevent the sale and use of fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid higher education degrees that are used for Federal purposes. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Diploma Integrity Protection Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make available to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other appropriate federal agencies a list of: (1) accrediting agencies and associations recognized by the Secretary or by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; (2) institutions of higher education eligible under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program; and (3) foreign institutions of higher education whose authority to issue degrees is accepted in their home country and that the Secretary deems to be academically equivalent to FFEL participants in this country. Conditions a school's eligibility for student assistance funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on its providing notice on its internet [...] show full description
- 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to House Education and Labor
show all actions- 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to House Education and Labor
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
- 01/31/2007 - Referred to House Rules
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