[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2749 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2749

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to make certain records available to educational 
institutions where veterans or persons receiving educational assistance 
  under the laws administered by the Secretary are enrolled, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2013

    Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska) 
 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 direct the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to make certain records available to educational 
institutions where veterans or persons receiving educational assistance 
  under the laws administered by the Secretary are enrolled, 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 ``Veterans Education Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RECORDS TO 
              EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH VETERANS OR PERSONS 
              RECEIVING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE LAWS 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ARE 
              ENROLLED.

    (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. 3699. Availability of records to educational institutions
    ``The Secretary shall provide to any veteran or person who receives 
educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary the 
option of making the veteran's or person's relevant records maintained 
by the Secretary, including information about the amount of educational 
assistance to which the veteran or person is entitled, available 
through an Internet website to the educational institution that 
provides the course of education in which the veteran or person is 
enrolled. The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to 
ensure that--
            ``(1) an educational institution to which such records are 
        made available enters into an agreement with the Secretary 
        under which the institution agrees that such records will only 
        be made available for the purpose of counseling the veteran or 
        person in making decisions related to the veteran's or person's 
        education; and
            ``(2) no unauthorized person is given access to any record 
        made available to an educational institution under this 
        section, including by requiring the use of passwords and other 
        appropriate mechanisms for restricting access to the records by 
        unauthorized persons.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
such subchapter the following new item:

``3699. Availability of records to educational institutions.''.
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