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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4320 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the types of approved 

programs of education for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 

Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2009 

Mr. MURPHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the types 

of approved programs of education for purposes of Post9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs. 

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 ‘‘Post-9/11 GI Edu5 cation Fairness Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this Act is to expand the Post-9/11 

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1 retary of Veterans Affairs to cover the following types of 

2 programs of education: 

3 (1) National tests for admission to or course 

4 credit at institutions of higher learning. 

5 (2) Programs of apprenticeship or other on-job 

6 training for individuals who are not on active duty. 

7 (3) Cooperative programs. 

8 (4) Training at non-college-degree institutions. 

9 (5) Correspondence training. 

10 (6) Entrepreneurship training. 

11 (7) Courses required to receive financial assist12 ance from the Small Business Administration. 

13 (8) Flight training offered by entities other 

14 than institutions of higher learning. 

15 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF APPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDU16 CATION FOR PURPOSES OF POST-9/11 EDU17 CATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE 

18 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

19 (a) INCLUSION OF PROGRAMS OFFERED AT ALL

20 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—Subsection (b) of section 

21 3313 is amended by striking ‘‘is offered by an institution 

22 of higher learning (as that term is defined in section 

23 3452(f)) and’’. 


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1 (b) FLIGHT TRAINING.—Such section is further 

2 amended by adding at the end the following new sub3 section: 

4 ‘‘(i) FLIGHT TRAINING.—The Secretary may approve 

5 the pursuit of flight training (in addition to a course of 

6 flight training that may be approved under section 

7 3680A(b) of this title) by an individual entitled to basic 

8 educational assistance under this chapter if— 

9 ‘‘(1) such training is generally accepted as nec10 essary for the attainment of a recognized vocational 

11 objective in the field of aviation; 

12 ‘‘(2) the individual possesses a valid private 

13 pilot certificate and meets, on the day the individual 

14 begins a course of flight training, the medical re15 quirements necessary for a commercial pilot certifi16 cate; and 

17 ‘‘(3) the flight school courses meet Federal 

18 Aviation Administration standards for such courses 

19 and are approved by the Federal Aviation Adminis20 tration and the State approving agency.’’. 

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

22 this Act shall apply with respect to educational assistance 

23 provided for months beginning after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act. 

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