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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2492 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 13, 2021 

Mrs. TORRES of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘G.I. and Veterans Edu5 cation Empowerment Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET2 ERANS AFFAIRS ABOUT POSTSECONDARY 

3 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

4 (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.— 

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

6 Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)(C)— 

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

9 end; 

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

11 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

13 clauses: 

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

15 the College Navigator website as affiliated with 

16 a religion and, if so, which religious denomina17 tion; 

18 ‘‘(xiv) whether the Secretary of Education 

19 or other head of a department or agency of the 

20 Federal Government has determined that the 

21 institution is a minority serving institution and, 

22 if so, which one or more types of minority serv23 ing institutions; and 

24 ‘‘(xv) whether the institution is gender spe25 cific.’’; and 


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

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

3 the Secretary shall ensure that such information is 

4 provided in a searchable format.’’. 

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

6 amended by adding at the end the following new para7 graphs: 

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

9 the meaning given that term in section 132 of the 

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

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

12 means any of the following: 

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

14 defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu15 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

2 institution, as such term is defined in section 

3 319(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)(6)). 

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

5 or Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as such 

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

7 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 

8 ‘‘(G) An Asian American and Native 

9 American Pacific Islander-serving institution, as 

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

11 Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).’’. 

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

13 section shall apply with respect to the information pro14 vided under section 3698 of title 38, United States Code, 

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

16 the enactment of this Act. 

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