A bill to establish the Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Committee and to facilitate the disclosure and reporting of information regarding complaints and investigations related to proprietary institutions of higher education eligible to receive Federal education assistance.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4056 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4056 To establish the Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Committee and to facilitate the disclosure and reporting of information regarding complaints and investigations related to proprietary institutions of higher education eligible to receive Federal education assistance. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11, 2026 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Committee and to facilitate the disclosure and reporting of information regarding complaints and investigations related to proprietary institutions of higher education eligible to receive Federal education assistance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Proprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Accrediting agency.--The term ``accrediting agency'' means a private educational association that acts as a reliable authority on the quality of education or training provided by an institution of higher education and is recognized by the Secretary under section 496 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b). (2) Department.--Unless otherwise expressly provided, the term ``Department'' means the Department of Education. (3) Executive officer.--The term ``executive officer'', with respect to a proprietary institution of higher education that is a publicly traded corporation, means-- (A) the pre