I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1391 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide restoration of entitlement 
to educational assistance to individuals defrauded by educational institu-
tions receiving payment on behalf of such individuals under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to provide repay-
ment of funds to the Secretary from such educational institutions, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2025 
Mrs. RAMIREZ (for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
BUDZINSKI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. FROST, and Mr. GRIJALVA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide restoration 
of entitlement to educational assistance to individuals 
defrauded by educational institutions receiving payment 
on behalf of such individuals under the laws administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to provide 
repayment of funds to the Secretary from such edu-
cational institutions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Veteran Ben-
efit Restoration Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
THAT RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
FROM PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 36 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3699C. Restoration of entitlement for pursuit of 
courses or programs of education at cer-
tain educational institutions 
‘‘(a) RESTORATION
OF ENTITLEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall determine that any payment of covered edu-
cational assistance for the pursuit by a covered individual 
of a course or program of education at an educational in-
stitution occurring during a period set forth under sub-
section (b) is not— 
‘‘(1) charged against any entitlement of the 
covered individual to the covered educational assist-
ance; or 
‘‘(2) counted against the aggregate period for 
which section 3695 of this title limits the receipt of 
educational assistance by the covered individual. 
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‘‘(b) COVERED PERIODS.—A period set forth under 
this subsection with respect to a course or program of edu-
cation pursued by a covered individual at an educational 
institution is any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Any period, occurring on or after the date 
of enactment of the Student Veteran Benefit Res-
toration Act of 2025, in which the educational insti-
tution was not approved by a State approving agen-
cy or the Secretary acting as a State approving 
agency, including periods in which an educational in-
stitution is not approved because an approval is re-
voked. 
‘‘(2) Any period, occurring on or after the date 
of enactment of the Student Veteran Benefit Res-
toration Act of 2025, with regards to which the Sec-
retary has made a final determination that the edu-
cational institution, or the owner of the educational 
institution, was in violation during such period of an 
applicable provision of section 3696 of this title. 
‘‘(3) Any period, occurring on or after the date 
of enactment of the Student Veteran Benefit Res-
toration Act of 2025, during which a court of com-
petent jurisdiction found the educational institution 
guilty of, or liable for, fraud. 
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ance that the educational institution received for that indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(2) In the case of an educational institution that has 
been found guilty of, or liable for, fraud by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction and is ordered to pay financial relief 
to the Federal Government, the Secretary may file a claim 
with the Department of the Treasury for recoupment of 
all amounts of educational assistance received by such 
educational institution pursuant to the educational assist-
ance programs administered by the Secretary that the 
Secretary determines were obtained through such fraud. 
‘‘(d) APPEALS.—(1) The Secretary shall establish a 
process by which an educational institution or the owner 
of an educational institution that is subject to a finding 
by the Secretary that the educational institution is re-
quired to repay an amount under subsection (c) may re-
quest a review of such finding. 
‘‘(2) The process established pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall be distinct and separate from the process estab-
lished under section 3696(i) of this title. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered educational assistance’ 
means educational assistance under chapter 30, 31, 
32, 33, or 35 of this title, or chapter 1606 or 1607 
of title 10. 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘covered individual’ means a vet-
eran or other individual using covered educational 
assistance to pursue a course or program of edu-
cation that has been approved under this chapter. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘fraud’ means fraud or another 
false, misleading, or deceptive act or omission.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 3699B the following new 
item: 
‘‘3699C. Restoration of entitlement for pursuit of courses or programs of edu-
cation at certain educational institutions.’’. 
Æ 
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