[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 915. 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'';
       (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 completed by the student 
     are disclosed 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)).''; and
       (4) by adding at the end of the flush matter at the end the 
     following: ``An institution of postsecondary education in 
     which a student was previously enrolled may not use disclosed 
     records as described in subparagraph (M) to issue a student a 
     recognized postsecondary credential unless the student 
     provides such institution with the student's prior written 
     consent to issue the student such credential.''.
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