118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 3981
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the
methods by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs con-
ducts oversight of certain educational institutions, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Isakson-Roe Education 2
Oversight Expansion Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-4
FAIRS OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN EDU-5
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 6
(a) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL.— 7
Section 3675(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-8
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 9
‘‘(5) The educational institution agrees to, not 10
later than 30 days after any date on which such 11
educational institution becomes subject to an action 12
or event described in section 3673(e)(3) of this title, 13
submit to the State approving agency, or the Sec-14
retary when acting in the role of a State approving 15
agency, a notification of such action or event in such 16
form and containing such information as the Sec-17
retary determines appropriate.’’. 18
(b) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL OF 19
N
ONACCREDITEDCOURSES.— 20
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 3676(c) of such title 21
is amended— 22
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 23
through (16) as paragraphs (15) through (17), 24
respectively; and 25 3
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(B) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 1
following new paragraph: 2
‘‘(14) The institution agrees to, not later than 3
30 days after any date on which such institution be-4
comes subject to an action or event described in sec-5
tion 3673(e)(3) of this title, submit to the State ap-6
proving agency, or the Secretary when acting in the 7
role of a State approving agency, a notification of 8
such action or event in such form and containing 9
such information as the Secretary determines appro-10
priate.’’. 11
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Such title is 12
further amended— 13
(A) in section 3672(b)(2)(C), by striking 14
‘‘paragraph (14) or (15)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-15
graph (15) or (16)’’; 16
(B) in section 3675(b)(3), by striking 17
‘‘(14), (15), and (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(15), 18
(16), and (17)’’; 19
(C) in section 3679(d), by striking ‘‘de-20
scribed in paragraph (14) or (15)’’ and insert-21
ing ‘‘described in paragraph (15) or (16)’’; and 22
(D) in section 3680A(a)(4)(C)(iii), by 23
striking ‘‘section 3676(c)(14) and (15)’’ and in-24
serting ‘‘section 3676(c)(15) and (16)’’. 25 4
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(c) ADDITIONALGROUNDS FORSUSPENSION OFAP-1
PROVAL.—Section 3679(f)(1) of such title is amended by 2
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 3
‘‘(I) Comply with the notification requirements 4
under sections 3675(b)(5) and 3676(c)(14) of this 5
title, when applicable.’’. 6
(d) D
EADLINE FOR RISK-BASEDSURVEYSDATA-7
BASE.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 8
the database required under section 3673A(c) of title 38, 9
United States Code, by not later than 180 days after the 10
date of the enactment of this Act. 11
Passed the House of Representatives September 18,
2023.
Attest:
Clerk. 118
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 3981
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve
the methods by which the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs conducts oversight of certain educational
institutions, and for other purposes.