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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1308 |
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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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | ILLIS(for himself, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. GALLEGO, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. M |
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| 13 | 13 | | ORENO, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the |
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| 14 | 14 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 15 | 15 | | Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria |
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| 18 | 18 | | for approval of certain independent study programs for |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes of the educational assistance programs of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Education 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and Technical Skills Opportunity Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘VETS Opportunity Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 1308 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INDEPENDENT STUDY 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | PROGRAMS UNDER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ERANS AFFAIRS. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—Section 3680A(a)(4)(A)(ii)(III) of 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | title 38, United States Code, is amended— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) in the matter before item (aa), by inserting 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘that requires regular and substantive interaction 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | between students and instructors’’ after ‘‘study’’; 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) by amending item (bb) to read as follows: 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(bb) an institution of high-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | er education (as defined in sec-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion 102 of the Higher Education 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | that is participating in a student 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | financial assistance program au-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | thorized by title IV of that Act; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and’’. 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) A |
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| 51 | 51 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to any quarter, semes-21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ter, or term, as applicable, that begins on or after August 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1, 2025. 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Æ |
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