[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3968-S3969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2323. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, and Ms. 
Hassan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. __. AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING CIVIL 
                   AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS 
                   INVOLVING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
     any online consumer tool offered or supported by the 
     Department of Defense that provides information to 
     servicemembers regarding specific postsecondary educational 
     institutions, such as Tuition Assistance DECIDE 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) Sources of Information.--In gathering publicly 
     available information on investigations and civil or criminal 
     actions described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
     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.

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       (c) Consultation Regarding Presentation.--To ensure that 
     the information required under subsection (a) is presented in 
     the most useful and effective way possible for 
     servicemembers, the Secretary of Defense shall consult with 
     the Secretary of Education, the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Bureau, and servicemember and consumer advocates.
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