[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3171

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the approval of 
certain programs of education for purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational 
                          Assistance Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2010

Mrs. Lincoln (for herself and Mr. Risch) 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 provide for the approval of 
certain programs of education for purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational 
                          Assistance Program.

    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 Training Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF 
              THE POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Subsection (b) of section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Approved Programs of Education.--A program of education is an 
approved program of education for purposes of this chapter if the 
program of education is approved for purposes of chapter 30 of this 
title (including approval by the State approving agency concerned) 
and--
            ``(1) the program of education is offered by an institution 
        offering postsecondary level academic instruction that leads to 
        an associate or higher degree and such institution is an 
        institution of higher learning (as that term is defined in 
        section 3452(f) of this title); or
            ``(2) the program of education is offered by an institution 
        offering instruction that does not lead to an associate or 
        higher degree and such institution is an educational 
        institution (as that term is defined in section 3452(c) of this 
        title).''.
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