[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3968]
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  SA 1964. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT FOR VETERANS IN CERTAIN 
                   COURSES OF EDUCATION.

       (a) Priority Enrollment.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 36 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 3680A the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 3680B. Priority enrollment in certain courses

       ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3672(b)(2)(A) of 
     this title or any other provision of law, with respect to an 
     educational assistance program provided for in chapter 30, 
     31, 32, 33, or 35 of this title or chapter 1606 or 1607 of 
     title 10, if an educational institution administers a 
     priority enrollment system that allows certain students to 
     enroll in courses earlier than other students, the Secretary 
     or a State approving agency may not approve a program of 
     education offered by such institution unless such institution 
     allows a covered individual to enroll in courses at the 
     earliest possible time pursuant to such priority enrollment 
     system.
       ``(b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `covered individual' means an individual using 
     educational assistance under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of 
     this title or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, including--
       ``(1) a veteran;
       ``(2) a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty 
     or a member of a reserve component (including the National 
     Guard);
       ``(3) a dependent to whom such assistance has been 
     transferred pursuant to section 3319 of this title; and
       ``(4) any other individual using such assistance.
       ``(c) Disapproval.--An educational institution described in 
     subsection (a) that has a program of education approved for 
     purposes of this chapter and fails to meet the requirements 
     of such subsection shall be immediately disapproved by the 
     Secretary or the appropriate State approving agency in 
     accordance with section 3679 of this title.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 3680A the following new item:

``3680B. Priority enrollment in certain courses.''.

       (b) Effective Date.--Section 3680B of such title, as added 
     by subsection (a)(1), shall take effect on August 1, 2017.
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