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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2301 

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

Affairs to make payments to educational institutions under the Post9/11 Educational Assistance Program at the end of a quarter, semester, 

or term, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 22, 2011 

Mr. STUTZMAN 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 make payments to educational institutions under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program at the end of a quarter, semester, 

or term, 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 ‘‘Streamlining Edu5 cation Claims Processing Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 3301 of title 38, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new para4 graphs: 

5 ‘‘(5) The term ‘quarter, semester, or term’ 

6 means the academic period during which a course of 

7 education is pursued, as established by the edu8 cational institution offering the course of education. 

9 ‘‘(6) The term ‘full-time pursuit’ means, with 

10 respect to a program of education, the pursuit of 

11 such program of education during any quarter, se12 mester, or term on a basis that the educational insti13 tution offering the program of education has estab14 lished and treats as full-time for that quarter, se15 mester, or term.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AT THE 

17 END OF A QUARTER, SEMESTER, OR TERM 

18 UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 

19 PROGRAM. 

20 (a) PAYMENT.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 3313 of 

21 title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

22 end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such payments shall be 

23 payable not later than 30 days following receipt of the 

24 charges incurred by the individual entitled to educational 

25 assistance under this chapter at the end of the quarter, 

26 semester, or term, as the case may be.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subjection (a) shall apply with respect to a quarter, semes3 ter, or term that begins on or after August 1, 2011. 

4 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF COST PER CREDIT HOUR. 

5 Section 3313(h) of title 38, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘(h) PAYMENT OF ESTAB8 LISHED CHARGES TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITU9 TIONS.—Amounts’’ and inserting: 

10 ‘‘(g) PAYMENT OF ESTABLISHED CHARGES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) PAYMENT TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITU12 TIONS.—Amounts’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF COST PER CREDIT

16 HOUR.—In determining the established charges for 

17 each credit hour of a program of education for any 

18 term, quarter, or semester, the Secretary shall divide 

19 the total cost of the tuition for enrollment in the 

20 program of education on a full-time basis for that 

21 term, quarter, or semester by the number of credit 

22 hours the educational institution offering the pro23 gram of education has established and treats as full24 time for that term, quarter, or semester.’’. 

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