[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3447

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide information about whether educational 
institutions allow individuals to stay enrolled in courses of education 
   pending receipt of educational assistance from the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2018

Mr. Rounds (for himself and Ms. Hirono) 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 the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide information about whether educational 
institutions allow individuals to stay enrolled in courses of education 
   pending receipt of educational assistance from 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 Comparison Tool Improvement 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON WHETHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
              ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO STAY ENROLLED IN COURSES OF 
              EDUCATION PENDING RECEIPT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 3698(c)(1)(C) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (x), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(xii) information on whether the institution allows a 
        student to stay enrolled in a course pending receipt of 
        educational assistance under a law administered by the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs.''.
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