IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4852 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available to veterans 

certain additional information about postsecondary educational institutions, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘G.I. and Veterans Edu3 cation Empowerment Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET5 ERANS AFFAIRS ABOUT POSTSECONDARY 

6 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

7 (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.— 

8 Subsection (c) of section 3698 of title 38, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)(C)— 

11 (A) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (B) in clause (xii), by striking the period 

14 and inserting a semicolon; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

16 clauses: 

17 ‘‘(xiii) whether the institution is listed on 

18 the College Navigator website as affiliated with 

19 a religion and, if so, which religious denomina20 tion; 

21 ‘‘(xiv) whether the Secretary of Education 

22 or other head of a department or agency of the 

23 Federal Government has determined that the 

24 institution is a minority serving institution and, 

25 if so, which one or more types of minority serv26 ing institutions; and 


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1 ‘‘(xv) whether the institution is gender spe2 cific.’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

4 following new sentence: ‘‘To the extent practicable, 

5 the Secretary shall ensure that such information is 

6 provided in a searchable format.’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITION.—Subsection (f) of such section is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graphs: 

10 ‘‘(3) The term ‘College Navigator website’ has 

11 the meaning given that term in section 132 of the 

12 Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1015a). 

13 ‘‘(4) The term ‘minority serving institution’ 

14 means any of the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) A part B institution, as such term is 

16 defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu17 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 

18 ‘‘(B) A Hispanic-serving institution, as 

19 such term is defined in section 502(a)(5) of 

20 such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5)). 

21 ‘‘(C) A Tribal College or University, as 

22 such term is defined in section 316(b)(3) of 

23 such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3)). 


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1 ‘‘(D) A predominantly Black institution, as 

2 such term is defined in section 318(b)(6) of 

3 such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059e(b)(6)). 

4 ‘‘(E) A Native American-serving, nontribal 

5 institution, as such term is defined in section 

6 319(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)(6)). 

7 ‘‘(F) An Alaska Native-serving institution 

8 or Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as such 

9 terms are defined in section 317(b) of such Act 

10 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 

11 ‘‘(G) An Asian American and Native 

12 American Pacific Islander-serving institution, as 

13 such term is defined in section 320(b) of such 

14 Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).’’. 

15 (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 

16 section shall apply with respect to the information pro17 vided under section 3698 of title 38, United States Code, 

18 beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 26, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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