3.0.0 1607 2023-05-11T15:45:45Z 2023-05-11T15:45:45Z Senate S 2021-05-13 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2021-12-15T21:17:05Z Hearings by 2021-11-17T19:30:04Z Referred to 2021-05-13T16:03:42Z 2021-12-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2021-11-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-05-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2021-05-13 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2021-05-13 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-05-13 True 2022-02-03T16:04:00Z S. 1607, Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57734 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 15, 2021 Armed Forces and National Security Civil actions and liability Department of Veterans Affairs Educational guidance Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Higher education Marketing and advertising Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-08T15:20:33Z Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021

This bill addresses the maintenance of the GI Bill Comparison Tool and administration of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance.

The VA must maintain the tool and ensure its historical data remains easily and prominently accessible on the VA's benefits website for at least seven years from the initial publication.

The VA must retain, maintain, and publish feedback from students and state approving agencies regarding the quality of instruction, recruiting practices, and post-graduation employment placement of approved institutions of higher learning for the duration that the institution is approved for VA benefit purposes.

The bill provides institutions of higher learning with up to 30 days to review and respond to any feedback and address issues before the feedback is published.

The bill requires that the GI Bill Comparison Tool include updated information, including descriptions of each federal student aid program and the amount of educational assistance an individual may be eligible to receive under the program.

The VA must train personnel that provide education benefits counseling, vocational or transition assistance, or similar functions to properly use the comparison tool and provide appropriate education counseling services.

The VA must restore entitlement to educational assistance in situations where there is a civil enforcement action or VA action against an educational institution, and an individual was unable to complete the course or program of education due to such action. Individuals may be charged against their entitlement at their request.

]]> Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021 Display Title Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve how the Department of Veterans Affairs discloses to individuals entitled to educational assistance from the Department risks associated with using such assistance at particular educational institutions and to restore entitlement of students to such assistance who are pursuing programs of education at educational institutions that are subject to Federal or State civil enforcement action, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1607is/xml/BILLS-117s1607is.xml 2021-12-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.