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118THCONGRESS
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DSESSION S. 3911
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the methods by which
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs conducts oversight of certain edu-
cational institutions, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH12, 2024
Mr. C
ORNYN(for himself and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
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
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Isakson-Roe Education 4
Oversight Expansion Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-1
FAIRS OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN EDU-2
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 3
(a) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL.— 4
Section 3675(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-5
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 6
‘‘(5) The educational institution agrees to, not 7
later than 30 days after any date on which such 8
educational institution becomes subject to an action 9
or event described in section 3673(e)(3) of this title, 10
submit to the State approving agency, or the Sec-11
retary when acting in the role of a State approving 12
agency, a notification of such action or event in such 13
form and containing such information as the Sec-14
retary determines appropriate.’’. 15
(b) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL OF 16
N
ONACCREDITEDCOURSES.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 3676(c) of such title 18
is amended— 19
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 20
through (16) as paragraphs (15) through (17), 21
respectively; and 22
(B) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 23
following new paragraph: 24
‘‘(14) The institution agrees to, not later than 25
30 days after any date on which such institution be-26
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comes subject to an action or event described in sec-1
tion 3673(e)(3) of this title, submit to the State ap-2
proving agency, or the Secretary when acting in the 3
role of a State approving agency, a notification of 4
such action or event in such form and containing 5
such information as the Secretary determines appro-6
priate.’’. 7
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Such title is 8
further amended— 9
(A) in section 3672(b)(2)(C), by striking 10
‘‘paragraph (14) or (15)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-11
graph (15) or (16)’’; 12
(B) in section 3675(b)(3), by striking 13
‘‘(14), (15), and (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(15), 14
(16), and (17)’’; 15
(C) in section 3679(d), by striking ‘‘de-16
scribed in paragraph (14) or (15)’’ and insert-17
ing ‘‘described in paragraph (15) or (16)’’; and 18
(D) in section 3680A(a)(4)(C)(iii), by 19
striking ‘‘section 3676(c)(14) and (15)’’ and in-20
serting ‘‘section 3676(c)(15) and (16)’’. 21
(c) A
DDITIONALGROUNDS FORSUSPENSION OFAP-22
PROVAL.—Section 3679(f)(1) of such title is amended by 23
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 24
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‘‘(I) Comply with the notification requirements 1
under sections 3675(b)(5) and 3676(c)(14) of this 2
title, when applicable.’’. 3
(d) D
EADLINE FOR RISK-BASEDSURVEYSDATA-4
BASE.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 5
the database required under section 3673A(c) of title 38, 6
United States Code, by not later than 180 days after the 7
date of the enactment of this Act. 8
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