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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1383 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1383

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
            the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven

                                 An Act

 
 To temporarily preserve higher rates for tuition and fees for programs 
 of education at non-public institutions of higher learning pursued by 
individuals enrolled in the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of the Post-9/11 
Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, and for other 
                                purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 
2011''.
SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF HIGHER RATES FOR TUITION AND FEES FOR PROGRAMS 
OF EDUCATION AT NON-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING PURSUED BY 
INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN SUCH PROGRAMS PRIOR TO CHANGE IN MAXIMUM 
AMOUNT.
    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A)(ii) of section 
3313(c) of title 38, United States Code (as amended by the Post-9/11 
Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-377)), the amount payable under that paragraph (or as appropriately 
adjusted under paragraphs (2) through (7) of that section) for tuition 
and fees for pursuit by an individual described in subsection (b) of an 
approved program of education at a non-public institution of higher 
learning during the period beginning on August 1, 2011, and ending on 
July 31, 2014, shall be the greater of--
        (1) $17,500; or
        (2) the established charges payable for the program of 
    education determined using the table of the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs entitled ``Post-9/11 GI Bill 2010-2011 Tuition and Fee In-
    State Maximums'', published October 27, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66193), 
    as if that table applied to the pursuit of the program of education 
    by that individual during that period.
    (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual entitled to educational assistance under 
chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, who, since January 4, 2011, 
has been enrolled in the same non-public institution of higher learning 
in a State in which--
        (1) the maximum amount of tuition per credit in the 2010-2011 
    academic year, as determined pursuant to the table referred to in 
    subsection (a)(2), exceeded $700; and
        (2) the combined amount of tuition and fees for full-time 
    attendance in the program of education in such academic year 
    exceeded $17,500.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``approved program of education'' has the meaning 
    given that term in section 3313(b) of title 38, United States Code.
        (2) The term ``established charges'', with respect to a program 
    of education, means the actual charges (as determined pursuant to 
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the 
    basis of a full academic year) for tuition and fees which similarly 
    circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the program of education 
    would be required to pay.
        (3) The term ``institution of higher learning'' has the meaning 
    given that term in section 3452(f) of title 38, United States Code.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF LOAN GUARANTY FEE FOR CERTAIN SUBSEQUENT LOANS.
    (a) Extension.--Section 3729(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
        (1) in clause (i)--
            (A) by striking ``January 1, 2004'' and inserting ``October 
        1, 2011''; and
            (B) by striking ``3.00'' both places it appears and 
        inserting ``3.30'';
        (2) in clause (ii)--
            (A) by striking ``January 1, 2004, and before October 1, 
        2011'' and inserting ``October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 
        2012''; and
            (B) by striking ``3.30'' both places it appears and 
        inserting ``2.80''; and
        (3) in clause (iii), by striking ``October 1, 2011'' and 
    inserting ``October 1, 2012''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the later of October 1, 2011, or the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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