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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 357 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education 

provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved 

for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees 

at the in-State tuition rate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself and Mr. MICHAUD) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require courses 

of education provided by public institutions of higher 

education that are approved for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition 

and fees at the in-State tuition rate. 

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 ‘‘GI Bill Tuition Fair5 ness Act of 2013’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF COURSES OF EDUCATION PROVIDED 

2 BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU3 CATION FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL 

4 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY 

5 SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONDI6 TIONAL ON IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR 

7 VETERANS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3679 of title 38, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub12 title, the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee shall dis13 approve a course of education provided by a public institu14 tion of higher education unless the institution charges tui15 tion and fees for a veteran at the same rate as the institu16 tion charges for residents of the State in which the institu17 tion is located, regardless of the veteran’s State of resi18 dence. The Secretary shall notify the State approving 

19 agency of the Secretary’s disapproval of a course of edu20 cation under this subsection.’’. 

21 (b) TREATMENT OF ENROLLED BENEFITS RECIPI22 ENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a veteran or 

24 eligible person who is enrolled before August 1, 

25 2014, in a course of education provided by a public 

26 institution of higher education that was approved 

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1 under chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, at 

2 the time of the initial enrollment of the veteran or 

3 eligible person but that is disapproved by the Sec4 retary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary’s des5 ignee by reason of subsection (c) of section 3679 of 

6 such title, the Secretary shall treat such institution 

7 as an institution that is approved under such chap8 ter for purposes of the laws administered by the Sec9 retary with respect to the veteran or eligible person 

10 until the veteran or eligible person completes the 

11 course of education in which the veteran or eligible 

12 person is enrolled. 

13 (2) TERMINATION.— 

14 (A) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 

15 subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Veterans 

16 Affairs may not treat such an institution as an 

17 approved institution under paragraph (1) after 

18 August 1, 2018. 

19 (B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 

20 the limitation under subparagraph (A) if the 

21 Secretary determines such a waiver is appro22 priate. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (c) of section 

24 3679 of title 38, United States Code, as added by submstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 section (a) shall apply with respect to educational assist2 ance provided after August 1, 2014. 

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