[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3956. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, Mr. Carper, Mr. Franken, and 
Ms. Baldwin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
       Sec. __. (a) From amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this title for the administration of 
     educational assistance programs under the laws administered 
     by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall ensure that any online consumer tool 
     offered or supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     that provides information to veterans regarding specific 
     postsecondary educational institutions, such as the GI Bill 
     Comparison Tool or any successor or similar program, includes 
     for each such institution an accounting of pending 
     investigations and civil or criminal actions against the 
     institution by Federal agencies and State attorneys general, 
     to the extent such information is publicly available.
       (b) In gathering publicly available information on 
     investigations and civil or criminal actions described in 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
       (1) consult the heads of other Federal agencies and, as 
     practicable, State attorneys general; and
       (2) review any reports required to be filed with the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission under section 13 or 
     section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
     U.S.C. 78m and 78o(d)), including Form 10-Q and Form 10-K.
       (c) To ensure that the information required under 
     subsection (a) is presented in the most useful and effective 
     way possible for veterans, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall consult with the Secretary of Education, the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection, and veteran and consumer 
     advocates.
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