IIB 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6604 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 18 (legislative day, MAY 17), 2022 

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

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an educational institution on individuals who do not transfer 

credits from such institution. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Eligible to 

3 Transfer School (VETS) Credit Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AS5 SISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT 

6 TRANSFER CREDITS FROM CERTAIN CLOSED 

7 OR DISAPPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDU8 CATION. 

9 Section 3699(c)(2)(A) of title 38, United States 

10 Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘An individual’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘(i) An individual’’; 

13 (2) by designating the second sentence as 

14 clause (iv) and indenting appropriately; and 

15 (3) by inserting after clause (i), as designated 

16 by paragraph (1), the following new clauses: 

17 ‘‘(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(I) require an individual to certify in writing 

19 that the individual has transferred fewer than 12 

20 credits as described in such clause; 

21 ‘‘(II) require an individual who makes a certifi22 cation under subclause (I) to acknowledge in writing 

23 that if the individual transfers 12 or more credits as 

24 described in such clause (i)— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) the individual may not be deemed 

2 under such clause to be an individual who did 

3 not receive such credits; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) the Secretary shall rescind the cer5 tificate of eligibility provided under subclause 

6 (IV); 

7 ‘‘(III) accept a certification under subclause (I) 

8 as proof of the individual transferring fewer than 12 

9 credits; and 

10 ‘‘(IV) provide to the individual who makes a 

11 certification under subclause (I) and makes the ac12 knowledgment under subclause (II) a certificate of 

13 eligibility that the individual may provide to an edu14 cational institution as proof of the individual being 

15 covered by this paragraph. 

16 ‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall notify individuals described 

17 in subparagraph (B) of being eligible to be covered by this 

18 paragraph.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO SPECIFY AN 

20 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF A TRANSFER OF 

21 POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO A 

22 DEPENDENT. 

23 Section 3319(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 

2 semicolon; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

4 inserting a period; and 

5 (3) by striking paragraph (3). 

6 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

7 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

8 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

9 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

10 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

11 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

12 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro13 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

14 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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