Sponsor
Glenn Grothman
Representative · R-WI
Representative · R-WI
The bill moves certain education-related authorities into HHS to streamline health-aligned oversight and preserve continuity of programs, but does so at the cost of short-term personnel disruption, administrative expenses, legal mapping challenges, and risks to accountability and implementation during the transition.
Students, schools, hospitals, state governments, and federal staff experience continuity of programs, funds, pending applications, and lawsuits because transferred authorities, unexpended funds, and existing orders/contracts remain valid and DOE staff/assets can be used during the transition.
Federal agencies (especially HHS) gain clear legal authority and cross-references for transferred Education functions, reducing litigation risk and allowing HHS to operate transferred programs immediately.
Hospitals and medical education stakeholders benefit from shifting oversight of the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation into HHS, aligning accreditation oversight with health policy and potentially streamlining reviews for foreign medical programs.
Department of Education staff and other federal employees face reassignments, role changes, or other personnel disruptions, creating uncertainty and operational strain across multiple agencies during the transition.
Short-term administrative costs and compliance burdens for federal agencies, state and local governments, schools, and taxpayers are likely as records, contracts, forms, and procedures are updated and processes moved to HHS.
Students, schools, and education stakeholders may be confused about which agency handles education-related programs and points of contact during the transfer, creating short-term service friction and uncertainty for beneficiaries.
Based on analysis of 11 sections of legislative text.
Transfers DOE responsibility for the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation and related functions, staff, funds, and records to HHS.
Official title: To ensure the Department of Health and Human Services will manage accreditation for foreign medical schools, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 9, 2026 by Glenn Grothman · Last progress July 9, 2026
Transfers responsibility for the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation and all related functions, personnel, assets, records, contracts, and unexpended funds from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary of HHS will exercise the transferred authorities (through existing HHS officers), OMB will oversee implementation, and the transfer becomes effective six months after enactment though implementation steps may begin on enactment day. Protects existing contracts, proceedings, and instruments tied to the transferred functions; allows temporary use of DOE resources to ensure an orderly transfer; requires OMB certification that the transfer does not increase net federal FTEs and directs that transferred funds continue to be used for their original purposes.