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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1383 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2011 

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

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. 


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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 ‘‘Restoring GI Bill Fair5 ness Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF HIGHER RATES FOR TUITION 

7 AND FEES FOR PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION AT 

8 NON-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 

9 LEARNING PURSUED BY INDIVIDUALS EN10 ROLLED IN SUCH PROGRAMS PRIOR TO 

11 CHANGE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

13 (1)(A)(ii) of section 3313(c) of title 38, United States 

14 Code (as amended by the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 

15 Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

16 377)), the amount payable under that paragraph (or as 

17 appropriately adjusted under paragraphs (2) through (7) 

18 of that section) for tuition and fees for pursuit by an indi19 vidual described in subsection (b) of an approved program 

20 of education at a non-public institution of higher learning 

21 during the period beginning on August 1, 2011, and end22 ing on July 31, 2014, shall be the greater of— 

23 (1) $17,500; or 

24 (2) the established charges payable for the pro25 gram of education determined using the table of the 


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1 Department of Veterans Affairs entitled ‘‘Post-9/11 

2 GI Bill 2010–2011 Tuition and Fee In-State Maxi3 mums’’, published October 27, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 

4 66193), as if that table applied to the pursuit of the 

5 program of education by that individual during that 

6 period. 

7 (b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—An individual described 

8 in this subsection is an individual entitled to educational 

9 assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United States 

10 Code, who, on or before April 1, 2011, was enrolled in 

11 a non-public institution of higher learning in a State in 

12 which— 

13 (1) the maximum amount of tuition per credit 

14 in the 2010–2011 academic year, as determined pur15 suant to the table referred to in subsection (a)(2), 

16 exceeded $700; and 

17 (2) the combined amount of tuition and fees for 

18 full-time attendance in the program of education in 

19 such academic year exceeded $17,500. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) The term ‘‘approved program of education’’ 

22 has the meaning given that term in section 3313(b) 

23 of title 38, United States Code. 

24 (2) The term ‘‘established charges’’, with re25 spect to a program of education, means the actual 


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1 charges (as determined pursuant to regulations pre2 scribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the 

3 basis of a full academic year) for tuition and fees 

4 which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled 

5 in the program of education would be required to 

6 pay. 

7 (3) The term ‘‘institution of higher learning’’ 

8 has the meaning given that term in section 3452(f) 

9 of title 38, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF LOAN GUARANTY FEE FOR CERTAIN 

11 SUBSEQUENT LOANS. 

12 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 3729(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 

13 38, United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2004, and before 

15 October 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2011, 

16 and before October 1, 2012’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘3.30’’ both places it appears 

18 and inserting ‘‘2.80’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

20 3729(b)(2)(B)(iii) of such title is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘October 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 

3 2011. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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