H. R. 6604 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

School (VETS) Credit Act’’. 

SEC. 2. CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR 

INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT TRANSFER CREDITS FROM CERTAIN CLOSED OR DISAPPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION. 

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

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘An individual’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) An individual’’; 

(2) by designating the second sentence as clause (iv) and 

indenting appropriately; and 

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

(1), the following new clauses: 

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

‘‘(I) require an individual to certify in writing that the 

individual has transferred fewer than 12 credits as described 

in such clause; 

‘‘(II) require an individual who makes a certification under 

subclause (I) to acknowledge in writing that if the individual 

transfers 12 or more credits as described in such clause (i)— 

‘‘(aa) the individual may not be deemed under such 

clause to be an individual who did not receive such credits; 

and 

‘‘(bb) the Secretary shall rescind the certificate of eligibility provided under subclause (IV); 

‘‘(III) accept a certification under subclause (I) as proof 

of the individual transferring fewer than 12 credits; and 

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

under subclause (I) and makes the acknowledgment under subclause (II) a certificate of eligibility that the individual may 

provide to an educational institution as proof of the individual 

being covered by this paragraph. 

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

subparagraph (B) of being eligible to be covered by this paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO SPECIFY AN EFFECTIVE 

PERIOD OF A TRANSFER OF POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO A DEPENDENT. 

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

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

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

a period; and 

(3) by striking paragraph (3). 

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.