[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1785

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to require State approving 
agencies to approve courses of education that have been accredited and 
approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 14, 2009

  Mr. Ensign introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to require State approving 
agencies to approve courses of education that have been accredited and 
approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, 
                        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. MANDATORY APPROVAL OF ACCREDITED COURSES.

    Section 3675(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``A State'' and inserting ``Subject to 
        subsection (b), a State'';
            (2) by striking ``agency may'' and all that follows through 
        ``such courses have'' and inserting the following: ``agency--
            ``(A) shall approve the courses offered by an educational 
        institution when such courses have'';
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as 
        clauses (i) through (iii), respectively; and
            (4) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by adding ``and'' after ``or association;''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting before clause (i), as redesignated 
                by paragraph (4), the following new subparagraph (B):
            ``(B) may approve the courses offered by an educational 
        institution when--''.
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