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H. Rept. 119-444 1 (2026-01-13)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 119TH CONGRESS I 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT 119-444 ACCREDITATION FOR COLLEGE EXCELLENCE ACT OF 2025 JANUARY 13, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2516] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 2516) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit political litmus tests in accreditation of institu- tions of higher education, and for other purposes, having consid- ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL LITMUS TESTS IN ACCREDITATION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) OPERATING PROCEDURES REQUIRED.-Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended- (1) in paragraph (8), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (10) confirms that the standards for accreditation of the agency or associa- tion do not- (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B)- (i) require, encourage, or coerce any institution to- (I) support, oppose, or commit to supporting or opposing- 69-006 AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4