Operating procedures

(a) Notification Section 496(a)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(7)) is amended— (1) by striking the Secretary and the appropriate State licensing or authorizing agency within 30 days and inserting the Secretary, the appropriate State licensing or authorizing agency, and the appropriate State Attorney General, within 30 days; and (2) by striking adverse and inserting negative. (b) Availability to the public Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (7)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking makes available to the public and the State licensing or authorizing agency, and submits to the Secretary, a summary of agency or association actions and inserting makes available to the public on the agency or association’s website and submits to the Secretary (who shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives), the appropriate State licensing or authorizing agency, and the appropriate State Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, which may include the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, as appropriate, a summary of and justification for the final decision issued to the institution regarding each accreditation action; and (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking adverse action taken with respect to an institution or placement on probation of an institution and inserting negative action taken, including an order to show cause, with respect to an institution or program, or placement on probation of an institution or program; (2) in paragraph (8), by striking and after the semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (10) turns over to the Secretary all accreditation documents of an institution that closes; and.