TITLE IV:REFORMS TO NONIMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAMS

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§ 4904 : ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENT


a.

COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 101(a)(52) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(52)) is amended—

1.

in paragraph (15)(F)(i)—

A.

by striking section 214(l) at an established college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution or in an accredited language training program in the United States and inserting section 214(m) at an accredited college, university, or language training pro gram, or at an established seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution in the United States; and

B.

by striking Attorney General each place such term appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security; and

2.

by amending paragraph (52) to read as follows:

52.

Except as provided in section 214(m)(4), the term accredited college, university, or language training program means a college, university, or language training program that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education.