I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3028 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide training for school certifying officials. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2017 
Mr. TROTT 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 Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide training for school 
certifying officials. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bolstering Returning 
American Veterans Education Act’’ or the ‘‘BRAVE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION 
OF TRAINING FOR SCHOOL CERTIFYING OF-
FICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 3674A the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3674B. Training for school certifying officials 
‘‘(a) TRAINING CURRICULUM.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the National Association of State Ap-
proving Agencies, State approving agencies, the National 
Association of Veterans’ Program Administrators, and 
school certifying officials, shall establish and provide a 
standard training curriculum for school certifying officials 
regarding administrative responsibilities relating to the 
educational assistance programs of the Department. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The training curriculum required 
under subsection (a) shall include training related to each 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) Certification and recertification for the 
educational assistance programs of the Department. 
‘‘(2) Certification and recertification for tutor-
ing assistance and meeting the voluntary require-
ments of Executive Order 13607. 
‘‘(3) Standards and process for establishing and 
maintaining the approval of courses of education for 
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purposes of the educational assistance programs of 
the Department. 
‘‘(4) The Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education En-
hancement Program under section 3317 of this title. 
‘‘(5) The calculation and distribution of pay-
ments under the educational assistance programs of 
the Department. 
‘‘(6) Common ways to assist individuals entitled 
to educational assistance under the laws adminis-
tered by the Secretary in using such entitlement. 
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF TRAINING.—The training cur-
riculum required by subsection (a) shall be provided 
through an internet website or taught at a conference 
sponsored by the Department. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS
FOR OFFICIALS.—The Sec-
retary shall require, as a condition of the approval of a 
course of education under this chapter, that the school cer-
tifying official of the educational institution offering such 
course— 
‘‘(1) completes the training curriculum required 
under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) by not later than 30 days after first 
being designated as a school certifying official; 
and 
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