[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3731 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 3731

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                                 AN ACT

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase amounts available to 
State approving agencies to ascertain the qualifications of educational 
   institutions for furnishing courses of education to veterans and 
eligible persons under the Montgomery GI Bill and under other programs 
 of education administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
                          for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3731

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase amounts available to 
State approving agencies to ascertain the qualifications of educational 
   institutions for furnishing courses of education to veterans and 
eligible persons under the Montgomery GI Bill and under other programs 
 of education administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE ANNUAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR STATE 
              APPROVING AGENCIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR FISCAL 
              YEAR 2003.

    (a) In General.--Section 3674(a)(4) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first 
sentence the following: ``, and for fiscal year 2003, $14,000,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2002.

SEC. 2. FEE FOR LOAN ASSUMPTION.

    (a) In General.--(1) For the period described in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply section 3729(b)(2)(I) of 
title 38, United States Code, by substituting ``1.00'' for ``0.50'' 
each place it appears.
    (2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) is the period that 
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends on September 
30, 2003.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--(1) Section 3703(e)(2)(A) of such title 
is amended by striking ``3729(b)'' and inserting ``3729(b)(2)(I)''.
    (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of section 402 of the Veterans Benefits and 
Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-419, 114 Stat. 
1861).

            Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.