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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 48
1	3		118THCONGRESS
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3	5		STSESSION H. R. 1669
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–68]
	7	+	To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the high tech-
	8	+	nology pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for
	9	+	other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	MARCH21, 2023
	12	+	Mr. C
	13	+	ISCOMANI(for himself, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. BOST) introduced the
	14	+	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
	15	+	M
	16	+	AY17, 2023
	17	+	Additional sponsors: Mr. V
	18	+	ANORDEN, Mr. CARL, and Mr. MURPHY
	19	+	M
	20	+	AY17, 2023
	21	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
	22	+	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
	23	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	24	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 21, 2023]
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	28	+	A BILL
5	29		To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent
6	30		the high technology pilot program of the Department
7	31		of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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8	35		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VET–TEC Authoriza-2
13		-	tion Act of 2023’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HIGH TECH-4
15		-	NOLOGY PROGRAM. 5
	36	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	37	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	38	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VET–TEC Authoriza-4
	39	+	tion Act of 2023’’. 5
	40	+	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HIGH TECH-6
	41	+	NOLOGY PROGRAM. 7
16	42		(a) H
17		-	IGHTECHNOLOGYPROGRAM.— 6
	43	+	IGHTECHNOLOGYPROGRAM.— 8
18	44		(1) I
19		-	N GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 38, 7
20		-	~~United~~ States Code, is amended by adding at the 8
21		-	~~end the following~~ new section: 9
22		-	‘‘§ 3699C. High technology program 10
	45	+	N GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 38, United 9
	46	+	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-10
	47	+	lowing new section: 11
	48	+	‘‘§ 3699C. High technology program 12
23	49		‘‘(a) E
24		-	STABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall 11
25		-	~~carry~~ out a program under which the Secretary provides 12
26		-	~~covered~~ individuals with the opportunity to enroll in high 13
27		-	~~technology~~ programs of education that the Secretary ~~de-14~~
28		-	~~termines~~ provide training or skills sought by employers in 15
29		-	~~a relevant~~ field or industry. 16
30		-	‘‘(2) Not more than 6,000 covered individuals may 17
31		-	participate in the program under this section in any fiscal 18
32		-	year. 19
	50	+	STABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall carry 13
	51	+	out a program under which the Secretary provides covered 14
	52	+	individuals with the opportunity to enroll in high tech-15
	53	+	nology programs of education that the Secretary determines 16
	54	+	provide training or skills sought by employers in a relevant 17
	55	+	field or industry. 18
	56	+	‘‘(2) Not more than 6,000 covered individuals may 19
	57	+	participate in the program under this section in any fiscal 20
	58	+	year. 21
33	59		‘‘(b) A
34		-	MOUNT OFASSISTANCE.—(1) The Secretary 20
35		-	shall provide, to each covered individual who pursues a 21
36		-	high technology program of education under this section, 22
37		-	educational assistance in amounts equal to the amounts 23
38		-	provided under section 3313(c)(1) of this title, including 24
39		-	with respect to the housing stipend described in that sec-25
40		-	tion and in accordance with the treatment of programs 26 3
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42		-	that are distance learning and programs that are less than 1
43		-	half-time. 2
44		-	‘‘(2) Under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pro-3
45		-	vide such amounts of educational assistance to a covered 4
46		-	individual for each of the following: 5
47		-	‘‘(A) A high technology program of education. 6
48		-	‘‘(B) A second such program if— 7
49		-	‘‘(i) the second such program begins at 8
50		-	least 18 months after the covered individual 9
51		-	graduates from the first such program; and 10
52		-	‘‘(ii) the covered individual uses edu-11
53		-	cational assistance under chapter 33 of this 12
54		-	title to pursue the second such program. 13
	60	+	MOUNT OFASSISTANCE.—(1) The Secretary 22
	61	+	shall provide, to each covered individual who pursues a high 23
	62	+	technology program of education under this section, edu-24
	63	+	cational assistance in amounts equal to the amounts pro-25
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	67	+	vided under section 3313(c)(1) of this title, including with 1
	68	+	respect to the housing stipend described in that section and 2
	69	+	in accordance with the treatment of programs that are dis-3
	70	+	tance learning and programs that are less than half-time. 4
	71	+	‘‘(2) Under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide 5
	72	+	such amounts of educational assistance to a covered indi-6
	73	+	vidual for each of the following: 7
	74	+	‘‘(A) A high technology program of education. 8
	75	+	‘‘(B) A second such program if— 9
	76	+	‘‘(i) the second such program begins at least 10
	77	+	18 months after the covered individual graduates 11
	78	+	from the first such program; and 12
	79	+	‘‘(ii) the covered individual uses educational 13
	80	+	assistance under chapter 33 of this title to pur-14
	81	+	sue the second such program. 15
55	82		‘‘(c) C
56		-	ONTRACTS.—(1) For purposes of carrying out 14
57		-	subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to enter into con-15
58		-	tracts with any number of qualified providers of high tech-16
59		-	nology programs of education for the provision of such 17
60		-	programs to covered individuals. Each such contract shall 18
61		-	provide for the conditions under which the Secretary may 19
62		-	terminate the contract with the provider and the proce-20
63		-	dures for providing for the graduation of students who 21
64		-	were enrolled in a program provided by such provider in 22
65		-	the case of such a termination. 23
66		-	‘‘(2) A contract under this subsection shall provide 24
67		-	that the Secretary shall pay to a provider— 25 4
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69		-	‘‘(A) upon the enrollment of a covered indi-1
70		-	vidual in the program, 25 percent of the cost of the 2
71		-	tuition and other fees for the program of education 3
72		-	for the individual; 4
73		-	‘‘(B) upon graduation of the individual from 5
74		-	the program, 25 percent of such cost; and 6
75		-	‘‘(C) 50 percent of such cost upon— 7
76		-	‘‘(i) the successful employment of the cov-8
77		-	ered individual for a period— 9
78		-	‘‘(I) of 180 days in the field of study 10
79		-	of the program; and 11
80		-	‘‘(II) that begins not later than 180 12
81		-	days following graduation of the covered 13
82		-	individual from the program; 14
83		-	‘‘(ii) the employment of the individual by 15
84		-	the provider for a period of one year; or 16
85		-	‘‘(iii) the enrollment of the individual in a 17
86		-	program of education to continue education in 18
87		-	such field of study. 19
88		-	‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, a provider of a high 20
89		-	technology program of education is qualified if— 21
90		-	‘‘(A) the provider employs instructors whom the 22
91		-	Secretary determines are experts in their respective 23
92		-	fields in accordance with paragraph (5); 24 5
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94		-	‘‘(B) the provider has successfully provided the 1
95		-	high technology program for at least one year; 2
96		-	‘‘(C) the provider does not charge tuition and 3
97		-	fees to a covered individual who receives assistance 4
98		-	under this section to pursue such program that are 5
99		-	higher than the tuition and fees charged by such 6
100		-	provider to another individual; and 7
101		-	‘‘(D) the provider meets the approval criteria 8
102		-	developed by the Secretary under paragraph (4). 9
103		-	‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall prescribe criteria for ap-10
104		-	proving providers of a high technology program of edu-11
105		-	cation under this section. 12
106		-	‘‘(B) In developing such criteria, the Secretary may 13
107		-	consult with State approving agencies. 14
108		-	‘‘(C) Such criteria are not required to meet the re-15
109		-	quirements of section 3672 of this title. 16
110		-	‘‘(D) Such criteria shall include the job placement 17
111		-	rate, in the field of study of a program of education, of 18
112		-	covered individuals who complete such program of edu-19
113		-	cation. 20
114		-	‘‘(5) The Secretary shall determine whether instruc-21
115		-	tors are experts under paragraph (3)(A) based on evidence 22
116		-	furnished to the Secretary by the provider regarding the 23
117		-	ability of the instructors to— 24 6
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119		-	‘‘(A) identify professions in need of new em-1
120		-	ployees to hire, tailor the programs to meet market 2
121		-	needs, and identify the employers likely to hire grad-3
122		-	uates; 4
123		-	‘‘(B) effectively teach the skills offered to cov-5
124		-	ered individuals; 6
125		-	‘‘(C) provide relevant industry experience in the 7
126		-	fields of programs offered to incoming covered indi-8
127		-	viduals; and 9
128		-	‘‘(D) demonstrate relevant industry experience 10
129		-	in such fields of programs. 11
130		-	‘‘(6) In entering into contracts under this subsection, 12
131		-	the Secretary shall give preference to a provider of a high 13
132		-	technology program of education— 14
133		-	‘‘(A) from which at least 70 percent of grad-15
134		-	uates find full-time employment in the field of study 16
135		-	of the program during the 180-day period beginning 17
136		-	on the date the student graduates from the program; 18
137		-	or 19
	83	+	ONTRACTS.—(1) For purposes of carrying out 16
	84	+	subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to enter into con-17
	85	+	tracts with any number of qualified providers of high tech-18
	86	+	nology programs of education for the provision of such pro-19
	87	+	grams to covered individuals. Each such contract shall pro-20
	88	+	vide for the conditions under which the Secretary may ter-21
	89	+	minate the contract with the provider and the procedures 22
	90	+	for providing for the graduation of students who were en-23
	91	+	rolled in a program provided by such provider in the case 24
	92	+	of such a termination. 25
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	96	+	‘‘(2) A contract under this subsection shall provide 1
	97	+	that the Secretary shall pay to a provider— 2
	98	+	‘‘(A) upon the enrollment of a covered individual 3
	99	+	in the program, 25 percent of the cost of the tuition 4
	100	+	and other fees for the program of education for the in-5
	101	+	dividual; 6
	102	+	‘‘(B) upon graduation of the individual from the 7
	103	+	program, 25 percent of such cost; and 8
	104	+	‘‘(C) 50 percent of such cost upon— 9
	105	+	‘‘(i) the successful employment of the cov-10
	106	+	ered individual for a period— 11
	107	+	‘‘(I) of 180 days in the field of study 12
	108	+	of the program; and 13
	109	+	‘‘(II) that begins not later than 180 14
	110	+	days following graduation of the covered in-15
	111	+	dividual from the program; 16
	112	+	‘‘(ii) the employment of the individual by 17
	113	+	the provider for a period of one year; or 18
	114	+	‘‘(iii) the enrollment of the individual in a 19
	115	+	program of education to continue education in 20
	116	+	such field of study. 21
	117	+	‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, a provider of a high 22
	118	+	technology program of education is qualified if— 23
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	122	+	‘‘(A) the provider employs instructors whom the 1
	123	+	Secretary determines are experts in their respective 2
	124	+	fields in accordance with paragraph (5); 3
	125	+	‘‘(B) the provider has successfully provided the 4
	126	+	high technology program for at least one year; 5
	127	+	‘‘(C) the provider does not charge tuition and 6
	128	+	fees to a covered individual who receives assistance 7
	129	+	under this section to pursue such program that are 8
	130	+	higher than the tuition and fees charged by such pro-9
	131	+	vider to another individual; and 10
	132	+	‘‘(D) the provider meets the approval criteria de-11
	133	+	veloped by the Secretary under paragraph (4). 12
	134	+	‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall prescribe criteria for ap-13
	135	+	proving providers of a high technology program of edu-14
	136	+	cation under this section. 15
	137	+	‘‘(B) In developing such criteria, the Secretary may 16
	138	+	consult with State approving agencies. 17
	139	+	‘‘(C) Such criteria are not required to meet the require-18
	140	+	ments of section 3672 of this title. 19
	141	+	‘‘(D) Such criteria shall include the job placement rate, 20
	142	+	in the field of study of a program of education, of covered 21
	143	+	individuals who complete such program of education. 22
	144	+	‘‘(5) The Secretary shall determine whether instructors 23
	145	+	are experts under paragraph (3)(A) based on evidence fur-24
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	149	+	nished to the Secretary by the provider regarding the ability 1
	150	+	of the instructors to— 2
	151	+	‘‘(A) identify professions in need of new employ-3
	152	+	ees to hire, tailor the programs to meet market needs, 4
	153	+	and identify the employers likely to hire graduates; 5
	154	+	‘‘(B) effectively teach the skills offered to covered 6
	155	+	individuals; 7
	156	+	‘‘(C) provide relevant industry experience in the 8
	157	+	fields of programs offered to incoming covered indi-9
	158	+	viduals; and 10
	159	+	‘‘(D) demonstrate relevant industry experience in 11
	160	+	such fields of programs. 12
	161	+	‘‘(6) In entering into contracts under this subsection, 13
	162	+	the Secretary shall give preference to a provider of a high 14
	163	+	technology program of education— 15
	164	+	‘‘(A) from which at least 70 percent of graduates 16
	165	+	find full-time employment in the field of study of the 17
	166	+	program during the 180-day period beginning on the 18
	167	+	date the student graduates from the program; or 19
138	168		‘‘(B) that offers tuition reimbursement for any 20
139		-	student who graduates from such a program and 21
140		-	does not find employment described in subparagraph 22
141		-	(A). 23
	169	+	student who graduates from such a program and does 21
	170	+	not find employment described in subparagraph (A). 22
142	171		‘‘(d) E
143		-	FFECT ONOTHERENTITLEMENT.—(1) If a 24
144		-	covered individual enrolled in a high technology program 25 7
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146		-	of education under this section has remaining entitlement 1
147		-	to educational assistance under chapter 30, 32, 33, 34, 2
148		-	or 35 of this title, entitlement of the individual to edu-3
149		-	cational assistance under this section shall be charged at 4
150		-	the rate of one month of such remaining entitlement for 5
151		-	each such month of educational assistance under this sec-6
152		-	tion. 7
153		-	‘‘(2) The Secretary may not consider enrollment in 8
154		-	a high technology program of education under this section 9
155		-	to be assistance under a provision of law referred to in 10
156		-	section 3695 of this title. 11
	172	+	FFECT ONOTHERENTITLEMENT.—(1) If a cov-23
	173	+	ered individual enrolled in a high technology program of 24
	174	+	education under this section has remaining entitlement to 25
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	178	+	educational assistance under chapter 30, 32, 33, 34, or 35 1
	179	+	of this title, entitlement of the individual to educational as-2
	180	+	sistance under this section shall be charged at the rate of 3
	181	+	one month of such remaining entitlement for each such 4
	182	+	month of educational assistance under this section. 5
	183	+	‘‘(2) The Secretary may not consider enrollment in a 6
	184	+	high technology program of education under this section to 7
	185	+	be assistance under a provision of law referred to in section 8
	186	+	3695 of this title. 9
157	187		‘‘(e) R
158		-	EQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONALINSTITU-12
159		-	TIONS.—(1) The Secretary shall not approve the enroll-13
160		-	ment of any covered individual, not already enrolled, in 14
161		-	any high technology programs of education under this sec-15
162		-	tion for any period during which the Secretary finds that 16
163		-	more than 85 percent of the students enrolled in the pro-17
164		-	gram are having all or part of their tuition, fees, or other 18
165		-	charges paid to or for them by the educational institution 19
166		-	or by the Department of Veterans Affairs under this title 20
167		-	or under chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, except with 21
168		-	respect to tuition, fees, or other charges that are paid 22
169		-	under a payment plan at an educational institution that 23
170		-	the Secretary determines has a history of offering pay-24 8
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172		-	ment plans that are completed not later than 180 days 1
173		-	after the end of the applicable term, quarter, or semester. 2
174		-	‘‘(2) The Secretary may waive a requirement of para-3
175		-	graph (1) if the Secretary determines, pursuant to regula-4
176		-	tions which the Secretary shall prescribe, such waiver to 5
177		-	be in the interest of the covered individual and the Federal 6
178		-	Government. Not later than 30 days after the Secretary 7
179		-	waives such a requirement, the Secretary shall submit to 8
180		-	the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 9
181		-	House of Representatives a report regarding such waiver. 10
182		-	‘‘(3)(A)(i) The Secretary shall establish and maintain 11
183		-	a process by which an educational institution may request 12
184		-	a review of a determination that the educational institu-13
185		-	tion does not meet the requirements of paragraph (1). 14
186		-	‘‘(ii) The Secretary may consult with a State approv-15
187		-	ing agency regarding such process or such a review. 16
188		-	‘‘(iii) Not later than 180 days after the Secretary es-17
189		-	tablishes or revises a process under this subparagraph, the 18
190		-	Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-19
191		-	fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 20
192		-	regarding such process. 21
193		-	‘‘(B) An educational institution that requests a re-22
194		-	view under subparagraph (A)— 23
195		-	‘‘(i) shall request the review not later than 30 24
196		-	days after the start of the term, quarter, or semester 25 9
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198		-	for which the determination described in subpara-1
199		-	graph (A) applies; and 2
200		-	‘‘(ii) may include any information that the edu-3
201		-	cational institution believes the Department should 4
202		-	have taken into account when making the deter-5
203		-	mination, including with respect to any mitigating 6
204		-	circumstances. 7
	188	+	EQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONALINSTITU-10
	189	+	TIONS.—(1) The Secretary shall not approve the enrollment 11
	190	+	of any covered individual, not already enrolled, in any high 12
	191	+	technology programs of education under this section for any 13
	192	+	period during which the Secretary finds that more than 85 14
	193	+	percent of the students enrolled in the program are having 15
	194	+	all or part of their tuition, fees, or other charges paid to 16
	195	+	or for them by the educational institution or by the Depart-17
	196	+	ment of Veterans Affairs under this title or under chapter 18
	197	+	1606 or 1607 of title 10, except with respect to tuition, fees, 19
	198	+	or other charges that are paid under a payment plan at 20
	199	+	an educational institution that the Secretary determines 21
	200	+	has a history of offering payment plans that are completed 22
	201	+	not later than 180 days after the end of the applicable term, 23
	202	+	quarter, or semester. 24
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	206	+	‘‘(2) The Secretary may waive a requirement of para-1
	207	+	graph (1) if the Secretary determines, pursuant to regula-2
	208	+	tions which the Secretary shall prescribe, such waiver to 3
	209	+	be in the interest of the covered individual and the Federal 4
	210	+	Government. Not later than 30 days after the Secretary 5
	211	+	waives such a requirement, the Secretary shall submit to 6
	212	+	the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 7
	213	+	House of Representatives a report regarding such waiver. 8
	214	+	‘‘(3)(A)(i) The Secretary shall establish and maintain 9
	215	+	a process by which an educational institution may request 10
	216	+	a review of a determination that the educational institution 11
	217	+	does not meet the requirements of paragraph (1). 12
	218	+	‘‘(ii) The Secretary may consult with a State approv-13
	219	+	ing agency regarding such process or such a review. 14
	220	+	‘‘(iii) Not later than 180 days after the Secretary es-15
	221	+	tablishes or revises a process under this subparagraph, the 16
	222	+	Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-17
	223	+	fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 18
	224	+	regarding such process. 19
	225	+	‘‘(B) An educational institution that requests a review 20
	226	+	under subparagraph (A)— 21
	227	+	‘‘(i) shall request the review not later than 30 22
	228	+	days after the start of the term, quarter, or semester 23
	229	+	for which the determination described in subpara-24
	230	+	graph (A) applies; and 25
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	234	+	‘‘(ii) may include any information that the edu-1
	235	+	cational institution believes the Department should 2
	236	+	have taken into account when making the determina-3
	237	+	tion, including with respect to any mitigating cir-4
	238	+	cumstances. 5
205	239		‘‘(f) A
206		-	NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than one year 8
207		-	after the date of the enactment of this section, and annu-9
208		-	ally thereafter until the termination date specified in sub-10
209		-	section (i), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 11
210		-	on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-12
211		-	resentatives a report on the operation of program under 13
212		-	this section during the year covered by the report. Each 14
213		-	such report shall include each of the following: 15
214		-	‘‘(1) The number of covered individuals enrolled 16
215		-	in the program, disaggregated by type of educational 17
216		-	institution, during the year covered by the report. 18
217		-	‘‘(2) The number of covered individuals who 19
218		-	completed a high technology program of education 20
219		-	under the program during the year covered by the 21
220		-	report. 22
221		-	‘‘(3) The average employment rate of covered 23
222		-	individuals who completed such a program of edu-24 10
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224		-	cation during such year, as of 180 days after the 1
225		-	date of completion. 2
226		-	‘‘(4) The average length of time between the 3
227		-	completion of such a program of education and em-4
228		-	ployment. 5
229		-	‘‘(5) The total number of covered individuals 6
230		-	who completed a program of education under the 7
231		-	program and who, as of the date of the submission 8
232		-	of the report, are employed in a position related to 9
233		-	technology. 10
234		-	‘‘(6) The average salary of a covered individual 11
235		-	who completed a program of education under the 12
236		-	program and who is employed in a position related 13
237		-	to technology, in various geographic areas deter-14
238		-	mined by the Secretary. 15
239		-	‘‘(7) The average salary of all individuals em-16
240		-	ployed in positions related to technology in the geo-17
241		-	graphic areas determined under subparagraph (F), 18
242		-	and the difference, if any, between such average sal-19
243		-	ary and the average salary of a covered individual 20
244		-	who completed a program of education under the 21
245		-	program and who is employed in a position related 22
246		-	to technology. 23
247		-	‘‘(8) The number of covered individuals who 24
248		-	completed a program of education under the pro-25 11
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250		-	gram and who subsequently enrolled in a second 1
251		-	program of education under the program. 2
252		-	‘‘(g) C
253		-	OLLECTION OF INFORMATION; CONSULTA-3
254		-	TION.—(1) The Secretary shall develop practices to use 4
255		-	to collect information about covered individuals and pro-5
256		-	viders of high technology programs of education. 6
257		-	‘‘(2) For the purpose of carrying out program under 7
258		-	this section, the Secretary may consult with providers of 8
259		-	high technology programs of education and may establish 9
260		-	an advisory group made up of representatives of such pro-10
261		-	viders, private employers in the technology field, and other 11
262		-	relevant groups or entities, as the Secretary determines 12
263		-	necessary. 13
	240	+	NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than one year after 6
	241	+	the date of the enactment of this section, and annually 7
	242	+	thereafter until the termination date specified in subsection 8
	243	+	(i), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Vet-9
	244	+	erans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives 10
	245	+	a report on the operation of program under this section dur-11
	246	+	ing the year covered by the report. Each such report shall 12
	247	+	include each of the following: 13
	248	+	‘‘(1) The number of covered individuals enrolled 14
	249	+	in the program, disaggregated by type of educational 15
	250	+	institution, during the year covered by the report. 16
	251	+	‘‘(2) The number of covered individuals who 17
	252	+	completed a high technology program of education 18
	253	+	under the program during the year covered by the re-19
	254	+	port. 20
	255	+	‘‘(3) The average employment rate of covered in-21
	256	+	dividuals who completed such a program of education 22
	257	+	during such year, as of 180 days after the date of 23
	258	+	completion. 24
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	262	+	‘‘(4) The average length of time between the com-1
	263	+	pletion of such a program of education and employ-2
	264	+	ment. 3
	265	+	‘‘(5) The total number of covered individuals 4
	266	+	who completed a program of education under the pro-5
	267	+	gram and who, as of the date of the submission of the 6
	268	+	report, are employed in a position related to tech-7
	269	+	nology. 8
	270	+	‘‘(6) The average salary of a covered individual 9
	271	+	who completed a program of education under the pro-10
	272	+	gram and who is employed in a position related to 11
	273	+	technology, in various geographic areas determined by 12
	274	+	the Secretary. 13
	275	+	‘‘(7) The average salary of all individuals em-14
	276	+	ployed in positions related to technology in the geo-15
	277	+	graphic areas determined under subparagraph (F), 16
	278	+	and the difference, if any, between such average sal-17
	279	+	ary and the average salary of a covered individual 18
	280	+	who completed a program of education under the pro-19
	281	+	gram and who is employed in a position related to 20
	282	+	technology. 21
	283	+	‘‘(8) The number of covered individuals who 22
	284	+	completed a program of education under the program 23
	285	+	and who subsequently enrolled in a second program 24
	286	+	of education under the program. 25
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	290	+	‘‘(g) COLLECTION OFINFORMATION; CONSULTATION.— 1
	291	+	(1) The Secretary shall develop practices to use to collect 2
	292	+	information about covered individuals and providers of 3
	293	+	high technology programs of education. 4
	294	+	‘‘(2) For the purpose of carrying out program under 5
	295	+	this section, the Secretary may consult with providers of 6
	296	+	high technology programs of education and may establish 7
	297	+	an advisory group made up of representatives of such pro-8
	298	+	viders, private employers in the technology field, and other 9
	299	+	relevant groups or entities, as the Secretary determines nec-10
	300	+	essary. 11
264	301		‘‘(h) D
265		-	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
266		-	‘‘(1) The term ‘covered individual’ means any of 15
267		-	the following: 16
268		-	‘‘(A) A veteran whom the Secretary deter-17
269		-	mines— 18
270		-	‘‘(i) served an aggregate of at least 36 19
271		-	months on active duty in the Armed 20
272		-	Forces (including service on active duty in 21
273		-	entry level and skill training) and was dis-22
274		-	charged or released therefrom under condi-23
275		-	tions other than dishonorable; and 24
276		-	‘‘(ii) has not attained the age of 62. 25 12
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278		-	‘‘(B) A member of the Armed Forces that 1
279		-	the Secretary determines will become a veteran 2
280		-	described in subparagraph (A) fewer than 180 3
281		-	days after the date of such determination. 4
282		-	‘‘(2) The term ‘high technology program of edu-5
283		-	cation’ means a program of education— 6
284		-	‘‘(A) offered by a public or private edu-7
285		-	cational institution; 8
286		-	‘‘(B) if offered by an institution of higher 9
287		-	learning, that is provided directly by such insti-10
288		-	tution rather than by an entity other than such 11
289		-	institution under a contract or other agreement; 12
290		-	‘‘(C) that does not lead to a degree; 13
291		-	‘‘(D) that has a term of not less than six 14
292		-	and not more than 28 weeks; and 15
293		-	‘‘(E) that provides instruction in computer 16
294		-	programming, computer software, media appli-17
295		-	cation, data processing, or information sciences. 18
	302	+	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 12
	303	+	‘‘(1) The term ‘covered individual’ means any of 13
	304	+	the following: 14
	305	+	‘‘(A) A veteran whom the Secretary deter-15
	306	+	mines— 16
	307	+	‘‘(i) served an aggregate of at least 36 17
	308	+	months on active duty in the Armed Forces 18
	309	+	(including service on active duty in entry 19
	310	+	level and skill training) and was discharged 20
	311	+	or released therefrom under conditions other 21
	312	+	than dishonorable; and 22
	313	+	‘‘(ii) has not attained the age of 62. 23
	314	+	‘‘(B) A member of the Armed Forces that 24
	315	+	the Secretary determines will become a veteran 25
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	319	+	described in subparagraph (A) fewer than 180 1
	320	+	days after the date of such determination. 2
	321	+	‘‘(2) The term ‘high technology program of edu-3
	322	+	cation’ means a program of education— 4
	323	+	‘‘(A) offered by a public or private edu-5
	324	+	cational institution; 6
	325	+	‘‘(B) if offered by an institution of higher 7
	326	+	learning, that is provided directly by such insti-8
	327	+	tution rather than by an entity other than such 9
	328	+	institution under a contract or other agreement; 10
	329	+	‘‘(C) that does not lead to a degree; 11
	330	+	‘‘(D) that has a term of not less than six 12
	331	+	and not more than 28 weeks; and 13
	332	+	‘‘(E) that provides instruction in computer 14
	333	+	programming, computer software, media appli-15
	334	+	cation, data processing, or information sciences. 16
296	335		‘‘(i) T
297		-	ERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a 19
298		-	~~program~~ under this section shall terminate on September 20
299		-	~~30,~~ 2028.’’. 21
	336	+	ERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a pro-17
	337	+	gram under this section shall terminate on September 30, 18
	338	+	2028.’’. 19
300	339		(2) C
301		-	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-22
302		-	tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 23
303		-	by inserting after the item relating to section 3699B 24
304		-	the following new item: 25
305		-	‘‘3699C. High technology program.’’. 13
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307		-	(b) EFFECT ONHIGHTECHNOLOGY PILOTPRO-1
308		-	GRAM.—Section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans 2
309		-	Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48; 3
310		-	38 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended— 4
311		-	(1) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (6); 5
312		-	and 6
313		-	(2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 7
314		-	following new subsection (h): 8
	340	+	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-20
	341	+	tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 21
	342	+	inserting after the item relating to section 3699B the 22
	343	+	following new item: 23
	344	+	‘‘3699C. High technology program.’’.
	345	+	(b) EFFECT ONHIGHTECHNOLOGYPILOTPRO-24
	346	+	GRAM.—Section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans 25
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	350	+	Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48; 1
	351	+	38 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended— 2
	352	+	(1) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (6); 3
	353	+	and 4
	354	+	(2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 5
	355	+	following new subsection (h): 6
315	356		‘‘(h) T
316		-	ERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a 9
317		-	pilot program under this section shall terminate on Sep-10
318		-	tember 30, 2023.’’. 11
	357	+	ERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a 7
	358	+	pilot program under this section shall terminate on Sep-8
	359	+	tember 30, 2023.’’. 9
319	360		(c) A
320		-	PPROVAL OFCERTAINHIGHTECHNOLOGYPRO-12
321		-	GRAMS.—Section 3680A of title 38, United States Code, 13
322		-	is amended— 14
323		-	(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) 15
324		-	and inserting the following: 16
325		-	‘‘(4) Any independent study program except— 17
326		-	‘‘(A) an independent study program (in-18
327		-	cluding such a program taken over open circuit 19
328		-	television) that— 20
329		-	‘‘(i) is accredited by an accrediting 21
330		-	agency or association recognized by the 22
331		-	Secretary of Education under subpart 2 of 23
332		-	part H of title IV of the Higher Education 24
333		-	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b); 25 14
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335		-	‘‘(ii) leads to— 1
336		-	‘‘(I) a standard college degree; 2
337		-	‘‘(II) a certificate that reflects 3
338		-	educational attainment offered by an 4
339		-	institution of higher learning; or 5
340		-	‘‘(III) a certificate that reflects 6
341		-	graduation from a course of study of-7
342		-	fered by— 8
343		-	‘‘(aa) an area career and 9
344		-	technical education school (as de-10
345		-	fined in subparagraphs (C) and 11
346		-	(D) of section 3(3) of the Carl D. 12
347		-	Perkins Career and Technical 13
348		-	Education Act of 2006 (20 14
349		-	U.S.C. 2302(3))) that provides 15
350		-	education at the postsecondary 16
351		-	level; or 17
352		-	‘‘(bb) a postsecondary voca-18
353		-	tional institution (as defined in 19
354		-	section 102(c) of the Higher 20
355		-	Education Act of 1965 (20 21
356		-	U.S.C. 1002(c))) that provides 22
357		-	education at the postsecondary 23
358		-	level; and 24 15
359		-	•HR 1669 EH
360		-	‘‘(iii) in the case of a program de-1
361		-	scribed in clause (ii)(III)— 2
362		-	‘‘(I) provides training aligned 3
363		-	with the requirements of employers in 4
364		-	the State or local area where the pro-5
365		-	gram is located, which may include in- 6
366		-	demand industry sectors or occupa-7
367		-	tions; 8
368		-	‘‘(II) provides a student, upon 9
369		-	graduation from the program, with a 10
370		-	recognized postsecondary credential 11
371		-	that is recognized by employers in the 12
372		-	relevant industry, which may include 13
373		-	a credential recognized by industry or 14
374		-	sector partnerships in the State or 15
375		-	local area where the industry is lo-16
376		-	cated; and 17
377		-	‘‘(III) meets such content and in-18
378		-	structional standards as may be re-19
379		-	quired to comply with the criteria 20
380		-	under section 3676(c)(14) and (15) of 21
381		-	this title; or 22
382		-	‘‘(B) an online high technology program of 23
383		-	education (as defined in subsection (h)(2) of 24
384		-	section 3699C of this title)— 25 16
385		-	•HR 1669 EH
386		-	‘‘(i) the provider of which has entered 1
387		-	into a contract with the Secretary under 2
388		-	subsection (c) of such section; 3
389		-	‘‘(ii) that has been provided to covered 4
390		-	individuals (as defined in subsection (h)(1) 5
391		-	of such section) under such contract for a 6
392		-	period of at least five years; 7
393		-	‘‘(iii) regarding which the Secretary 8
394		-	has determined that the average employ-9
395		-	ment rate of covered individuals who grad-10
396		-	uated from such program of education is 11
397		-	65 percent or higher for the year preceding 12
398		-	such determination; and 13
399		-	‘‘(iv) that satisfies the requirements of 14
400		-	subsection (e) of such section.’’; and 15
401		-	(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 16
402		-	following: 17
403		-	‘‘(8) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the enrollment 18
404		-	of a veteran in an online high technology program de-19
405		-	scribed in subsection (a)(4)(B).’’. 20
	361	+	PPROVAL OFCERTAINHIGHTECHNOLOGYPRO-10
	362	+	GRAMS.—Section 3680A of title 38, United States Code, is 11
	363	+	amended— 12
	364	+	(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) 13
	365	+	and inserting the following: 14
	366	+	‘‘(4) Any independent study program except— 15
	367	+	‘‘(A) an independent study program (in-16
	368	+	cluding such a program taken over open circuit 17
	369	+	television) that— 18
	370	+	‘‘(i) is accredited by an accrediting 19
	371	+	agency or association recognized by the Sec-20
	372	+	retary of Education under subpart 2 of part 21
	373	+	H of title IV of the Higher Education Act 22
	374	+	of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b); 23
	375	+	‘‘(ii) leads to— 24
	376	+	‘‘(I) a standard college degree; 25
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	380	+	‘‘(II) a certificate that reflects 1
	381	+	educational attainment offered by an 2
	382	+	institution of higher learning; or 3
	383	+	‘‘(III) a certificate that reflects 4
	384	+	graduation from a course of study of-5
	385	+	fered by— 6
	386	+	‘‘(aa) an area career and 7
	387	+	technical education school (as de-8
	388	+	fined in subparagraphs (C) and 9
	389	+	(D) of section 3(3) of the Carl D. 10
	390	+	Perkins Career and Technical 11
	391	+	Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 12
	392	+	2302(3))) that provides education 13
	393	+	at the postsecondary level; or 14
	394	+	‘‘(bb) a postsecondary voca-15
	395	+	tional institution (as defined in 16
	396	+	section 102(c) of the Higher Edu-17
	397	+	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 18
	398	+	1002(c))) that provides education 19
	399	+	at the postsecondary level; and 20
	400	+	‘‘(iii) in the case of a program de-21
	401	+	scribed in clause (ii)(III)— 22
	402	+	‘‘(I) provides training aligned 23
	403	+	with the requirements of employers in 24
	404	+	the State or local area where the pro-25
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	407	+	•HR 1669 RH
	408	+	gram is located, which may include in- 1
	409	+	demand industry sectors or occupa-2
	410	+	tions; 3
	411	+	‘‘(II) provides a student, upon 4
	412	+	graduation from the program, with a 5
	413	+	recognized postsecondary credential 6
	414	+	that is recognized by employers in the 7
	415	+	relevant industry, which may include 8
	416	+	a credential recognized by industry or 9
	417	+	sector partnerships in the State or 10
	418	+	local area where the industry is lo-11
	419	+	cated; and 12
	420	+	‘‘(III) meets such content and in-13
	421	+	structional standards as may be re-14
	422	+	quired to comply with the criteria 15
	423	+	under section 3676(c)(14) and (15) of 16
	424	+	this title; or 17
	425	+	‘‘(B) an online high technology program of 18
	426	+	education (as defined in subsection (h)(2) of sec-19
	427	+	tion 3699C of this title)— 20
	428	+	‘‘(i) the provider of which has entered 21
	429	+	into a contract with the Secretary under 22
	430	+	subsection (c) of such section; 23
	431	+	‘‘(ii) that has been provided to covered 24
	432	+	individuals (as defined in subsection (h)(1) 25
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	436	+	of such section) under such contract for a 1
	437	+	period of at least five years; 2
	438	+	‘‘(iii) regarding which the Secretary 3
	439	+	has determined that the average employ-4
	440	+	ment rate of covered individuals who grad-5
	441	+	uated from such program of education is 65 6
	442	+	percent or higher for the year preceding 7
	443	+	such determination; and 8
	444	+	‘‘(iv) that satisfies the requirements of 9
	445	+	subsection (e) of such section.’’; and 10
	446	+	(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 11
	447	+	following: 12
	448	+	‘‘(8) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the enrollment 13
	449	+	of a veteran in an online high technology program described 14
	450	+	in subsection (a)(4)(B).’’. 15
406	451		(d) E
407		-	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 21
408		-	subsections (a) and (c) shall take effect on October 1, 22
409		-	2023. 23 17
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411		-	SEC. 3. BURIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO 1
412		-	DIE AT HOME WHILE IN RECEIPT OF HOS-2
413		-	PICE CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF 3
414		-	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
	452	+	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
	453	+	subsections (a) and (c) shall take effect on October 1, 2023. 17
	454	+	SEC. 3. BURIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO 18
	455	+	DIE AT HOME WHILE IN RECEIPT OF HOSPICE 19
	456	+	CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET-20
	457	+	ERANS AFFAIRS. 21
415	458		(a) I
416		-	NGENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 5
417		-	2303 of title 38, United States Code, is further amend-6
418		-	ed— 7
419		-	(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-8
420		-	ing a semicolon; 9
421		-	(2) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at 10
422		-	the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 11
423		-	(3) by adding at the end the following new 12
424		-	clause: 13
425		-	‘‘(iii) a home or other setting at which the 14
426		-	deceased veteran was, at the time of death, re-15
427		-	ceiving hospice care pursuant to section 16
428		-	1717(a) of this title if such care was directly 17
429		-	preceded by the Secretary furnishing to the vet-18
430		-	eran hospital care or nursing home care de-19
431		-	scribed in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of clause 20
432		-	(ii).’’. 21
	459	+	NGENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 22
	460	+	2303 of title 38, United States Code, is further amended— 23
	461	+	(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting 24
	462	+	a semicolon; 25
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	466	+	(2) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at 1
	467	+	the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 2
	468	+	(3) by adding at the end the following new 3
	469	+	clause: 4
	470	+	‘‘(iii) a home or other setting at which the 5
	471	+	deceased veteran was, at the time of death, re-6
	472	+	ceiving hospice care pursuant to section 1717(a) 7
	473	+	of this title if such care was directly preceded by 8
	474	+	the Secretary furnishing to the veteran hospital 9
	475	+	care or nursing home care described in subclause 10
	476	+	(I), (II), or (III) of clause (ii).’’. 11
433	477		(b) A
434		-	PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-22
435		-	section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 23
436		-	of this Act and apply with respect to deaths occurring on 24
437		-	or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the 25
438		-	enactment of this Act. 26 18
439		-	•HR 1669 EH
440		-	SEC. 4. INCLUSION OF NON-DEGREE FLIGHT TRAINING IN 1
441		-	CERTAIN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR 2
442		-	CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CON-3
443		-	NECTED DISABILITIES. 4
444		-	Section 3101 of title 38, United States Code, is 5
445		-	amended— 6
446		-	(1) in paragraph (7), by adding at the end the 7
447		-	following: ‘‘A rehabilitation program may include a 8
448		-	program that includes flight training and does not 9
449		-	lead to a degree.’’; and 10
450		-	(2) by redesignating the first paragraph (10) as 11
451		-	paragraph (1). 12
452		-	SEC. 5. SOLE LIABILITY FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL 13
453		-	ASSISTANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FAILS 14
454		-	TO COMPLETE A SERVICE AGREEMENT. 15
455		-	Subsection (i) of section 3319 of title 38, United 16
456		-	States Code, is amended— 17
457		-	(1) in paragraph (1)— 18
458		-	(A) by striking ‘‘In the event’’ and insert-19
459		-	ing ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), in the event’’; 20
460		-	and 21
461		-	(B) by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘sec-22
462		-	tion 3685’’; 23
463		-	(2) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2)— 24
	478	+	PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-12
	479	+	section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 13
	480	+	of this Act and apply with respect to deaths occurring on 14
	481	+	or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact-15
	482	+	ment of this Act. 16
	483	+	SEC. 4. INCLUSION OF NON-DEGREE FLIGHT TRAINING IN 17
	484	+	CERTAIN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR 18
	485	+	CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CON-19
	486	+	NECTED DISABILITIES. 20
	487	+	Section 3101 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-21
	488	+	ed— 22
	489	+	(1) in paragraph (7), by adding at the end the 23
	490	+	following: ‘‘A rehabilitation program may include a 24
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	493	+	•HR 1669 RH
	494	+	program that includes flight training and does not 1
	495	+	lead to a degree.’’; and 2
	496	+	(2) by redesignating the first paragraph (10) as 3
	497	+	paragraph (1). 4
	498	+	SEC. 5. SOLE LIABILITY FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL 5
	499	+	ASSISTANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FAILS 6
	500	+	TO COMPLETE A SERVICE AGREEMENT. 7
	501	+	Subsection (i) of section 3319 of title 38, United States 8
	502	+	Code, is amended— 9
	503	+	(1) in paragraph (1)— 10
	504	+	(A) by striking ‘‘In the event’’ and inserting 11
	505	+	‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), in the event’’; and 12
	506	+	(B) by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘section 13
	507	+	3685’’; 14
	508	+	(2) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2)— 15
464	509		(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘I
465		-	N GEN-25
466		-	ERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘SOLE LIABILITY’’; and 26 19
467		-	•HR 1669 EH
468		-	(B) by striking ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ and 1
469		-	inserting ‘‘for which the individual shall be sole-2
470		-	ly liable to the United States for the amount of 3
471		-	the overpayment for purposes of section 3685 4
472		-	of this title’’; and 5
473		-	(3) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2)— 6
474		-	(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 7
475		-	striking ‘‘Subparagraph (A) shall not apply’’ 8
476		-	and inserting ‘‘Neither the individual nor the 9
477		-	dependent shall be liable to the United States 10
478		-	for the amount of the overpayment for purposes 11
479		-	of section 3685 of this title’’; and 12
480		-	(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘of this 13
481		-	title’’ after ‘‘section 3311(c)(4)’’. 14
482		-	SEC. 6. INCREASE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 15
483		-	EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS 16
484		-	OF EDUCATION IN REPUBLIC OF PHIL-17
485		-	IPPINES. 18
	510	+	N GEN-16
	511	+	ERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘SOLE LIABILITY’’; and 17
	512	+	(B) by striking ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ and 18
	513	+	inserting ‘‘for which the individual shall be sole-19
	514	+	ly liable to the United States for the amount of 20
	515	+	the overpayment for purposes of section 3685 of 21
	516	+	this title’’; and 22
	517	+	(3) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2)— 23
	518	+	(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 24
	519	+	striking ‘‘Subparagraph (A) shall not apply’’ 25
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	522	+	•HR 1669 RH
	523	+	and inserting ‘‘Neither the individual nor the de-1
	524	+	pendent shall be liable to the United States for 2
	525	+	the amount of the overpayment for purposes of 3
	526	+	section 3685 of this title’’; and 4
	527	+	(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘of this 5
	528	+	title’’ after ‘‘section 3311(c)(4)’’. 6
	529	+	SEC. 6. INCREASE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 7
	530	+	EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS 8
	531	+	OF EDUCATION IN REPUBLIC OF PHIL-9
	532	+	IPPINES. 10
486	533		(a) S
487		-	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 19
488		-	‘‘Filipino Education Fairness Act’’. 20
	534	+	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 11
	535	+	‘‘Filipino Education Fairness Act’’. 12
489	536		(b) I
490		-	NCREASE.—Section 3532 of title 38, United 21
491		-	States Code, is amended— 22
492		-	(1) by striking subsection (d); and 23
493		-	(2) by redesignating subsections (e) through (g) 24
494		-	as subsections (d) through (f), respectively. 25 20
495		-	•HR 1669 EH
496		-	SEC. 7. PROVISION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELIGIBILITY AND 1
497		-	AWARD LETTERS USING ELECTRONIC MEANS. 2
498		-	Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-3
499		-	ed by inserting after section 3698 the following new sec-4
500		-	tion (and conforming the table of sections at the beginning 5
501		-	of such chapter accordingly): 6
502		-	‘‘§ 3698A. Provision of certificates of eligibility and 7
503		-	award letters using electronic means 8
	537	+	NCREASE.—Section 3532 of title 38, United States 13
	538	+	Code, is amended— 14
	539	+	(1) by striking subsection (d); and 15
	540	+	(2) by resdesignating subsections (e) through (g) 16
	541	+	as subsections (d) through (f), respectively. 17
	542	+	SEC. 7. PROVISION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELIGIBILITY AND 18
	543	+	AWARD LETTERS USING ELECTRONIC MEANS. 19
	544	+	Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 20
	545	+	by inserting after section 3698 the following new section 21
	546	+	(and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of 22
	547	+	such chapter accordingly): 23
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	551	+	‘‘§ 3698A. Provision of certificates of eligibility and 1
	552	+	award letters using electronic means 2
504	553		‘‘(a) R
505		-	EQUIREMENT.—Except as provided by sub-9
506		-	section (b), the Secretary shall provide to an individual 10
507		-	the following documents using electronic means: 11
508		-	‘‘(1) A certificate of eligibility for the entitle-12
509		-	ment of the individual to covered educational assist-13
510		-	ance. 14
511		-	‘‘(2) An award letter regarding the authoriza-15
512		-	tion of the individual to receive covered educational 16
513		-	assistance. 17
	554	+	EQUIREMENT.—Except as provided by sub-3
	555	+	section (b), the Secretary shall provide to an individual the 4
	556	+	following documents using electronic means: 5
	557	+	‘‘(1) A certificate of eligibility for the entitlement 6
	558	+	of the individual to covered educational assistance. 7
	559	+	‘‘(2) An award letter regarding the authorization 8
	560	+	of the individual to receive covered educational assist-9
	561	+	ance. 10
514	562		‘‘(b) E
515		-	LECTIONTOOPTOUT.—An individual may 18
516		-	elect to receive the documents specified in subsection (a) 19
517		-	by mail rather than through electronic means under ~~sub-20~~
518		-	~~section~~ (a). An individual may revoke such an election at 21
519		-	~~any time,~~ by means prescribed by the Secretary. 22
	563	+	LECTIONTOOPTOUT.—An individual may 11
	564	+	elect to receive the documents specified in subsection (a) by 12
	565	+	mail rather than through electronic means under subsection 13
	566	+	(a). An individual may revoke such an election at any time, 14
	567	+	by means prescribed by the Secretary. 15
520	568		‘‘(c) C
521		-	OVEREDEDUCATIONALASSISTANCE.—In this 23
522		-	section, the term ‘covered educational assistance’ means 24
523		-	educational assistance under chapter 30, 33, or 35, or sec-25
524		-	tion 3699C, of this title.’’. ~~26 21~~
525		-	~~•HR 1669 EH~~
526		-	~~SEC~~. ~~8. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOUSING 1~~
527		-	LOAN ~~FEES.~~ 2
528		-	~~The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38~~, 3
529		-	~~United States Code,~~ ~~is amended by striking~~ ‘‘~~November 4~~
530		-	~~14, 2031~~’’ ~~each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 30, 5~~
531		-	~~2032’’~~. 6
532		-	~~Passed the House of Representatives May 24,~~ ~~2023~~.
533		-	~~Attest:~~
534		-	~~Clerk.~~ 118
	569	+	OVEREDEDUCATIONALASSISTANCE.—In this 16
	570	+	section, the term ‘covered educational assistance’ means 17
	571	+	educational assistance under chapter 30, 33, or 35, or sec-18
	572	+	tion 3699C, of this title.’’. 19
	573	+	SEC. 8. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOUSING 20
	574	+	LOAN FEES. 21
	575	+	The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 22
	576	+	United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 14, 23
	577	+	2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 30, 24
	578	+	2032’’. 25
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	581	+	48
	582	+	118
535	583		TH
536	584		CONGRESS
537	585		1
538	586		ST
539	587		S
540	588		ESSION
541	589
542	590		H. R. 1669
543		-	AN ACT
	591	+	[Report No. 118–68]
	592	+	A BILL
544	593		To amend title 38, United States Code, to make
545	594		permanent the high technology pilot program of
546	595		the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for
547	596		other purposes.
	597	+	M
	598	+	AY
	599	+	17, 2023
	600	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
	601	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
	602	+	and ordered to be printed
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