[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 582. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. __. RELEASE OF EDUCATION RECORDS TO FACILITATE THE AWARD 
                   OF A RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL.

       Section 444(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act 
     (20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:
       ``(M) an institution of postsecondary education in which 
     the student was previously enrolled, to which records of 
     postsecondary coursework and credits are sent for the purpose 
     of applying such coursework and credits toward completion of 
     a recognized postsecondary credential (as that term is 
     defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), upon condition that the 
     student provides written consent prior to receiving such 
     credential.''.
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