[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3318 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3318

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of the 
  phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of 
approval or endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2012

  Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Begich, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
     McCaskill, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
 Lautenberg, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Hagan) 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 prohibit the use of the 
  phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of 
approval or endorsement 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``GI Bill Protection Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO REFERENCES TO GI BILL AND POST-9/11 GI 
              BILL.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 36 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3697B. Prohibition relating to references to GI Bill and Post-9/
              11 GI Bill
    ``(a) Prohibition.--(1) No person may, except with the written 
permission of the Secretary, use the words and phrases covered by this 
subsection in connection with any promotion, goods, services, or 
commercial activity in a manner reasonably tending to suggest that such 
use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Department or any 
component thereof.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the words and phrases 
covered by this subsection are as follows:
            ``(A) `GI Bill'.
            ``(B) `Post-9/11 GI Bill'.
    ``(3) Any determination of whether the use of one or more words and 
phrases covered by this subsection in connection with an any promotion, 
goods, services, or commercial activity is a violation of this 
subsection shall be made without regard to any inclusion in such 
promotion, goods, services, or commercial activity of a disclaimer of 
affiliation with the Department or any component thereof.
    ``(b) Enforcement by Attorney General.--(1) Whenever it appears to 
the Attorney General of the United States that any person is engaged or 
is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will 
constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (a), the Attorney General 
may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United 
States to enjoin such act or practice.
    ``(2) Such court may, at any time before final determination, enter 
such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as 
is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person 
or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 36 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 3697A the following new item:

``3697B. Prohibition relating to references to GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI 
                            Bill.''.
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