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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1458 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria for approval |
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| 6 | 6 | | of certain independent study programs for purposes of the educational |
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| 7 | 7 | | assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ISCOMANI(for himself and Mr. DAVISof North Carolina) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria |
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| 15 | 15 | | for approval of certain independent study programs for |
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| 16 | 16 | | purposes of the educational assistance programs of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Education 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and Technical Skills Opportunity Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘VETS Opportunity Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 1458 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INDEPENDENT STUDY 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | PROGRAMS UNDER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ERANS AFFAIRS. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 3680A(a)(4)(A)(ii)(III) of 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | title 38, United States Code (as amended by the Senator 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Benefits Improvement Act (Public Law 118–210; 138 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Stat. 2773)), is further amended— 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘that requires regular and sub-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | stantive interaction between students and instruc-11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tors’’ after ‘‘course of study’’; 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ing a semicolon; 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and insert-15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ing ‘‘; or’’; and 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (4) by adding at the end by following new item: 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(cc) an institution of high-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | er education, as such term is de-19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | fined in section 102 of the High-20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | er Education Act of 1965 (20 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | U.S.C. 1002), that is approved to 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | participate or participating in the 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | student financial assistance pro-24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | grams authorized by title IV of 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | that Act; and’’. 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | or term, as applicable, that begins on or after August 1, 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2025. 4 |
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