[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5956 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5956

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide additional information about certain 
   postsecondary educational institutions to individuals entitled to 
 educational assistance under the laws administered by such Secretary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 13, 2023

         Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

             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 provide additional information about certain 
   postsecondary educational institutions to individuals entitled to 
 educational assistance under the laws administered by such Secretary.

    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 ``Transparency for Student Veterans 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS ABOUT CERTAIN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL 
              INSTITUTIONS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    (a) Additional Information To Be Provided.--Section 3698 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1)(C)--
                    (A) in clause (vi), by inserting ``, including 
                programs of education leading to a certificate or 
                professional license at such institution'' after 
                ``higher learning'';
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xv) as 
                clauses (xiv) through (xix), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (viii) the following 
                new clauses:
                    ``(ix) the rates at which veterans and members--
                            ``(I) re-enroll at the institution after 
                        completing the first year of covered education; 
                        and
                            ``(II) complete covered education;
                    ``(x) the number of veterans or members who 
                completed covered education at the institution leading 
                to--
                            ``(I) a degree, dissaggregated by type of 
                        degree, including--
                                    ``(aa) an associate degree;
                                    ``(bb) a bachelor's degree; and
                                    ``(cc) a postbaccalaureate degree; 
                                and
                            ``(II) a certificate or professional 
                        license, disaggregated by type of certificate 
                        or professional license;
                    ``(xi) the average length of time for a veteran or 
                member to complete covered education at the 
                institution--
                            ``(I) leading to a degree; and
                            ``(II) leading to a certificate or 
                        professional license;
                    ``(xii) for each covered education at the 
                institution, the average annual salary of a veteran or 
                member who completed such covered education;'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``(2) To the extent practicable'' 
                and inserting ``(2)(A) To the extent practicable, and 
                except as provided in subparagraph (B)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(B) The Secretary shall provide the information described 
        in clause (xii) of paragraph (1) by including a hyperlink to a 
        database containing such information on the Internet website of 
        the Department.''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
                redesignated) the following new paragraph:
            ``(1) The term `covered education' has the meaning, with 
        respect to a veteran or member, given such term in section 
        3691A of this title.''.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding Required.--Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the 
Secretary of Education and the heads other relevant Federal agencies, 
as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines appropriate, to obtain 
information on outcomes with respect to individuals entitled to 
educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs attending educational institutions.
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