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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5178 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to provide educational and vocational counseling for veterans 

on campuses of institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2016 

Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself, Mr. TAKANO, and Miss RICE 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 direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational and 

vocational counseling for veterans on campuses of institutions of higher learning, 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 ‘‘Veterans Success on 

5 Campus Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION 

2 OF ON-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL AND VOCA3 TIONAL COUNSELING FOR VETERANS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 38, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3697A 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 3697B. On-campus educational and vocational 

8 counseling 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide edu10 cational and vocational counseling services for veterans at 

11 locations on the campuses of institutions of higher learn12 ing selected by the Secretary. Such counseling services 

13 shall be provided by employees of the Department who 

14 provide such services under section 3697A of this title. 

15 ‘‘(b) SELECTION OF LOCATIONS.—(1) To be selected 

16 by the Secretary under this section, an institution of high17 er learning shall provide an appropriate space on the cam18 pus of the institution where counseling services can be pro19 vided under this section. 

20 ‘‘(2) In selecting locations for the provision of coun21 seling services under this section, the Secretary shall seek 

22 to select locations where the maximum number of veterans 

23 would have access to such services. 

24 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this section, and each 

26 year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 


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1 report on the counseling services provided under this sec2 tion. Such report shall include, for the year covered by 

3 the report— 

4 ‘‘(1) the average ratio of counselors providing 

5 such services to veterans who received such services 

6 at each location where such services were provided; 

7 ‘‘(2) a description of such services provided; 

8 ‘‘(3) the recommendations of the Secretary for 

9 improving the provision of such services; and 

10 ‘‘(4) any other matters the Secretary deter11 mines appropriate.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

13 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

14 after the item relating to section 3697A the following new 

15 item: 

‘‘3697B. On-campus educational and vocational counseling.’’. 

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