Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2026

This bill changes the rules for when students at medical schools outside the United States and Canada can get federal student loans. It requires every such school to show that at least 60 percent of its students and graduates are not U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens, and that at least 75 percent of its students and graduates who take the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates exams pass them. It ends an exception that let some schools qualify for federal loans under other rules, starting the first July 1 after the bill becomes law. Students already enrolled at a school that loses eligibility could keep getting federal loans until they withdraw, finish their program, or reach the fourth June 30 after the loss, as long as they keep making satisfactory academic progress.

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Sponsors

• Richard J. Durbin Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors