1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Aided student The term aided student means a student enrolled in an institution of higher education who has received assistance under a Federal student financial aid program. (2) Commissioner The term Commissioner means the Commissioner for Education Statistics. (3) Department The term Department means the Department of Education. (4) Federal student financial aid program The term Federal student financial aid program means any of the following: (A) The Federal Pell Grant program under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.). (B) The Federal Family Education Loan program under part B of such title ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.). (C) The Federal Direct Loan program under part D of such title ( 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.). (D) The Federal Perkins Loan program under part E of such title ( 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). (5) Higher education data system The term higher education data system means the data system established under section 3(a). (6) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ). (7) IPEDS The term IPEDS means the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System administered by the Commissioner of Education Statistics. (8) Machine-readable format The term machine-readable format means a format in which information or data can be easily processed by a computer without human intervention while ensuring no semantic meaning is lost. (9) Personally identifiable information The term personally identifiable information includes— (A) a student's name; (B) the name of a student's parent or other family members; (C) the address of a student or student's family; (D) a personal identifier, such as a student's social security number, student number, or biometric record