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[H.R. 6604 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6604

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two


                                 An Act


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the method by which 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the effects of a closure or 
  disapproval of an educational institution on individuals who do not 
                 transfer credits from such institution.

    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 Eligible to Transfer School 
(VETS) Credit Act''.
SEC. 2. CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS 
WHO DO NOT TRANSFER CREDITS FROM CERTAIN CLOSED OR DISAPPROVED PROGRAMS 
OF EDUCATION.
    Section 3699(c)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``An individual'' and inserting ``(i) An 
    individual'';
        (2) by designating the second sentence as clause (iv) and 
    indenting appropriately; and
        (3) by inserting after clause (i), as designated by paragraph 
    (1), the following new clauses:
    ``(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall--
        ``(I) require an individual to certify in writing that the 
    individual has transferred fewer than 12 credits as described in 
    such clause;
        ``(II) require an individual who makes a certification under 
    subclause (I) to acknowledge in writing that if the individual 
    transfers 12 or more credits as described in such clause (i)--
            ``(aa) the individual may not be deemed under such clause 
        to be an individual who did not receive such credits; and
            ``(bb) the Secretary shall rescind the certificate of 
        eligibility provided under subclause (IV);
        ``(III) accept a certification under subclause (I) as proof of 
    the individual transferring fewer than 12 credits; and
        ``(IV) provide to the individual who makes a certification 
    under subclause (I) and makes the acknowledgment under subclause 
    (II) a certificate of eligibility that the individual may provide 
    to an educational institution as proof of the individual being 
    covered by this paragraph.
    ``(iii) The Secretary shall notify individuals described in 
subparagraph (B) of being eligible to be covered by this paragraph.''.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO SPECIFY AN EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF A 
TRANSFER OF POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO A DEPENDENT.
    Section 3319(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' after the semicolon;
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
    period; and
        (3) by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.