SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring GI Bill Fair-
ness Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF HIGHER RATES FOR TUITION 
AND FEES FOR PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION AT 
NON-PUBLIC 
INSTITUTIONS 
OF 
HIGHER 
LEARNING PURSUED BY INDIVIDUALS EN-
ROLLED IN SUCH PROGRAMS PRIOR TO 
CHANGE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii) of section 3313(c) of title 38, United States 
Code (as amended by the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 
Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
377)), the amount payable under that paragraph (or as 
appropriately adjusted under paragraphs (2) through (7) 
of that section) for tuition and fees for pursuit by an indi-
vidual described in subsection (b) of an approved program 
of education at a non-public institution of higher learning 
during the period beginning on August 1, 2011, and end-
ing on July 31, 2014, shall be the greater of— 
(1) $17,500; or 
(2) the established charges payable for the pro-
gram of education determined using the table of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs entitled ‘‘Post-9/11 
GI Bill 2010–2011 Tuition and Fee In-State Maxi-
mums’’, published October 27, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 
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66193), as if that table applied to the pursuit of the 
program of education by that individual during that 
period. 
(b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—An individual described 
in this subsection is an individual entitled to educational 
assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United States 
Code, who, on or before April 1, 2011, was enrolled in 
a non-public institution of higher learning in a State in 
which— 
(1) the maximum amount of tuition per credit 
in the 2010–2011 academic year, as determined pur-
suant to the table referred to in subsection (a)(2), 
exceeded $700; and 
(2) the combined amount of tuition and fees for 
full-time attendance in the program of education in 
such academic year exceeded $17,500. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘approved program of education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 3313(b) 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘established charges’’, with re-
spect to a program of education, means the actual 
charges (as determined pursuant to regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the 
basis of a full academic year) for tuition and fees 
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which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled 
in the program of education would be required to 
pay. 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher learning’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 3452(f) 
of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR 
CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
During the 24-month period beginning on August 1, 
2011, the maximum amount of the monthly stipend pay-
able under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of sub-
section (c) of section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, 
is the amount payable under clause (i) of such subpara-
graph on August 1, 2011. Upon the expiration on the 24- 
month period, the amount of such monthly stipend shall 
be the amount otherwise authorized under section 
3313(c)(1)(B) of title 38, United States Code. 
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