[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 110 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4809-S4810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PRESERVING HIGHER TUITION AND FEES RELATING TO THE POST-9/11 VETERANS 
            EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2010

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Veterans Affairs' Committee be discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 1383, and the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:


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       A bill (H.R. 1383) to temporarily preserve higher rates for 
     tuition and fees for programs of education at non-public 
     institutions of higher learning pursued by individuals 
     enrolled in the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of 
     the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements 
     Act of 2010, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Murray 
amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be read the third time and passed; that the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate; and that any statements related to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 580) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 3, strike lines 10 and 11 and insert the following:

     Code, who, since January 4, 2011, has been enrolled in the 
     same non-public institution of higher learning in a State in
       Beginning on page 4, strike line 12 and all that follows 
     through page 5, line 3, and insert the following:
       (a) Extension.--Section 3729(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in clause (i)--
       (A) by striking ``January 1, 2004'' and inserting ``October 
     1, 2011''; and
       (B) by striking ``3.00'' both places it appears and 
     inserting ``3.30'';
       (2) in clause (ii)--
       (A) by striking ``January 1, 2004, and before October 1, 
     2011'' and inserting ``October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 
     2012''; and
       (B) by striking ``3.30'' both places it appears and 
     inserting ``2.80''; and
       (3) in clause (iii), by striking ``October 1, 2011'' and 
     inserting ``October 1, 2012''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the later of October 1, 2011, or the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 1383), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:

                               H.R. 1383

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 1383) entitled ``An Act to temporarily preserve higher 
     rates for tuition and fees for programs of education at non-
     public institutions of higher learning pursued by individuals 
     enrolled in the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of 
     the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements 
     Act of 2010, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the 
     following amendments:
     (1)On page 3, strike lines 10 and 11 and insert the 
     following:
     Code, who, since January 4, 2011, has been enrolled in the 
     same non-public institution of higher learning in a State in
     (2)Beginning on page 4, strike line 12 and all that follows 
     through page 5, line 3, and insert the following:
       (a) Extension.--Section 3729(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in clause (i)--
       (A) by striking ``January 1, 2004'' and inserting ``October 
     1, 2011''; and
       (B) by striking ``3.00'' both places it appears and 
     inserting ``3.30'';
       (2) in clause (ii)--
       (A) by striking ``January 1, 2004, and before October 1, 
     2011'' and inserting ``October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 
     2012''; and
       (B) by striking ``3.30'' both places it appears and 
     inserting ``2.80''; and
       (3) in clause (iii), by striking ``October 1, 2011'' and 
     inserting ``October 1, 2012''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the later of October 1, 2011, or the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

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