[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2474 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2474

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that in the case of 
 an individual entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 
  Educational Assistance program who is enrolled at an institution of 
  higher education in a State in which the public institutions charge 
 only fees in lieu of tuition, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
 allow the individual to use all or any portion of the amounts payable 
  for the established charges for the program of education to pay any 
    amount of the individual's tuition or fees for that program of 
                               education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2009

 Mr. McKeon (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Hunter, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
  Lewis of California, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Herger, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
     Calvert, Mr. Royce, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
   California, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. 
Bilbray, Mr. Issa, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Campbell, Mr. McCarthy of California, 
 and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that in the case of 
 an individual entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 
  Educational Assistance program who is enrolled at an institution of 
  higher education in a State in which the public institutions charge 
 only fees in lieu of tuition, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
 allow the individual to use all or any portion of the amounts payable 
  for the established charges for the program of education to pay any 
    amount of the individual's tuition or fees for that program of 
                               education.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Educational Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF ENTITLEMENT UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM TO PAY ANY AMOUNT OF TUITION AND FEES.

    Subsection (a) of section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In the case 
of such an individual who is pursuing such a program of education at an 
institution of higher education in a State in which the public 
institutions charge only fees in lieu of tuition, the Secretary shall 
allow the individual to use all or any portion of the amounts payable 
under subsection (c)(1)(A) to pay any amount of the individual's 
tuition or fees for that program of education.''.
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