VA E-Notification Enhancement Act

Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security, Computers and information technology, Department of Veterans Affairs, Student aid and college costs, Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:  <p><b>VA E-Notification Enhancement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide eligibility and award documents related to specified VA educational assistance programs (e.g., the Post-9/11 GI Bill) in an electronic format. Specifically, the VA must electronically provide (1) a certificate of eligibility for an individual's entitlement to assistance, and (2) an award letter regarding the authorization to receive assistance. </p> <p>An individual may elect to receive documents by mail and may revoke such an election at any time.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1169 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1169

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide certificates of eligibility and award 
         letters to certain individuals using electronic means.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2023

  Mr. Arrington (for himself and Mr. Levin) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide certificates of eligibility and award 
         letters to certain individuals using electronic means.

    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 ``VA E-Notification Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELIGIBILITY AND AWARD LETTERS 
              USING ELECTRONIC MEANS.

    Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 3698 the following new section (and conforming the table 
of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly):
``Sec. 3698A. Provision of certificates of eligibility and award 
              letters using electronic means
    ``(a) Requirement.--Except as provided by subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall provide to an individual the following documents using 
electronic means:
            ``(1) A certificate of eligibility for the entitlement of 
        the individual to covered educational assistance.
            ``(2) An award letter regarding the authorization of the 
        individual to receive covered educational assistance.
    ``(b) Election To Opt Out.--An individual may elect to receive the 
documents specified in subsection (a) by mail rather than through 
electronic means under subsection (a). An individual may revoke such an 
election at any time, by means prescribed by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Covered Educational Assistance.--In this section, the term 
`covered educational assistance' means educational assistance under 
chapter 30, 33, or 35 of this title, or the high technology pilot 
program under section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational 
Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-48; 38 U.S.C. 3001 note).''.
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