Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 3721 (Introduced in House) — To expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students. · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. GAO report

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Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives on the cost of textbooks to students at institutions of higher education. The report shall particularly examine— the change of the cost of textbooks; the factors that have contributed to the change of the cost of textbooks; the extent to which open textbooks are used at institutions of higher education; and the impact of open textbooks on the cost of textbooks.