[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3462 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3462

 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make tuition payments 
   for veterans enrolled in institutions of higher learning who are 
receiving assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program 
 by not later than the tuition due date for the quarter, semester, or 
                                 term.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2011

  Mr. Clarke of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Huizenga of 
  Michigan, and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make tuition payments 
   for veterans enrolled in institutions of higher learning who are 
receiving assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program 
 by not later than the tuition due date for the quarter, semester, or 
                                 term.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MAKE 
              TUITION PAYMENTS FOR VETERANS ENROLLED IN INSTITUTIONS OF 
              HIGHER LEARNING WHO ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 
              POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY NOT LATER 
              THAN THE TUITION DUE DATE FOR THE QUARTER, SEMESTER, OR 
              TERM.

    (a) Payment of Tuition by First Day of Quarter, Semester, or 
Term.--Section 3313(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and shall be paid not later than the date on 
        which the tuition payment is due, as established by the 
        institution of higher learning''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In 
        determining the amount of a payment described in this 
        paragraph, the Secretary shall take into consideration any 
        waiver of, or reduction in, tuition and fees and any 
        scholarship or other Federal, State, institutional, or 
        employer-based aid or assistance that is made or awarded as of 
        the date on which the tuition payment is due. In the event that 
        any such waiver, reduction, scholarship, aid, or assistance is 
        made or awarded after such date, the institution of higher 
        learning shall repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the 
        amount of such waiver, reduction, scholarship, aid, or 
        assistance.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments of educational assistance made for a 
quarter, semester, or term that begins after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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