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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5956 

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

Affairs to provide additional information about certain postsecondary 

educational institutions to individuals entitled to educational assistance 

under the laws administered by such Secretary. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 13, 2023 

Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia introduced the following bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

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 additional information about certain postsecondary educational institutions 

to individuals entitled to educational assistance under 

the laws administered by such Secretary. 

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 ‘‘Transparency for Stu5 dent Veterans Act of 2023’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPART2 MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ABOUT CER3 TAIN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTI4 TUTIONS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDER5 STANDING. 

6 (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.— 

7 Section 3698 of title 38, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(C)— 

10 (A) in clause (vi), by inserting ‘‘, including 

11 programs of education leading to a certificate 

12 or professional license at such institution’’ after 

13 ‘‘higher learning’’; 

14 (B) by redesignating clauses (ix) through 

15 (xv) as clauses (xiv) through (xix), respectively; 

16 and 

17 (C) by inserting after clause (viii) the fol18 lowing new clauses: 

19 ‘‘(ix) the rates at which veterans and mem20 bers— 

21 ‘‘(I) re-enroll at the institution after 

22 completing the first year of covered edu23 cation; and 

24 ‘‘(II) complete covered education; 

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1 ‘‘(x) the number of veterans or members 

2 who completed covered education at the institu3 tion leading to— 

4 ‘‘(I) a degree, dissaggregated by type 

5 of degree, including— 

6 ‘‘(aa) an associate degree; 

7 ‘‘(bb) a bachelor’s degree; and 

8 ‘‘(cc) a postbaccalaureate degree; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(II) a certificate or professional li11 cense, disaggregated by type of certificate 

12 or professional license; 

13 ‘‘(xi) the average length of time for a vet14 eran or member to complete covered education 

15 at the institution— 

16 ‘‘(I) leading to a degree; and 

17 ‘‘(II) leading to a certificate or profes18 sional license; 

19 ‘‘(xii) for each covered education at the in20 stitution, the average annual salary of a veteran 

21 or member who completed such covered edu22 cation;’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘(2) To the extent prac25 ticable’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A) To the extent 

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1 practicable, and except as provided in subpara2 graph (B)’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall provide the informa6 tion described in clause (xii) of paragraph (1) by in7 cluding a hyperlink to a database containing such 

8 information on the Internet website of the Depart9 ment.’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (f)— 

11 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

12 through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), re13 spectively; and 

14 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

15 so redesignated) the following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered education’ has the 

17 meaning, with respect to a veteran or member, given 

18 such term in section 3691A of this title.’’. 

19 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING RE20 QUIRED.—Not later than two years after the date of the 

21 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

22 shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding 

23 with the Secretary of Education and the heads other rel24 evant Federal agencies, as the Secretary of Veterans Af25 fairs determines appropriate, to obtain information on 

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1 outcomes with respect to individuals entitled to edu2 cational assistance under the laws administered by the 

3 Secretary of Veterans Affairs attending educational insti4 tutions. 

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