[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6604 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6604


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 18 (legislative day, May 17), 2022

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.