IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4830 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 22, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
disapproval of any course of education for purposes of 
the educational assistance programs of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs unless the educational institution pro-
viding the course permits individuals to attend or partici-
pate in courses pending payment by Department, 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 ‘‘Servicemembers Im-
proved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SIT-REP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISAPPROVAL FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS OF CERTAIN COURSES 
OF EDUCATION THAT DO NOT PERMIT INDI-
VIDUALS TO ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN 
COURSES PENDING PAYMENT. 
Section 3679 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, beginning on August 1, 2018, a State approving 
agency, or the Secretary when acting in the role of the 
State approving agency, shall disapprove a course of edu-
cation provided by an educational institution unless the 
educational institution has adopted the following policies: 
‘‘(A) A policy that permits any covered indi-
vidual to attend or participate in the course of edu-
cation during the period beginning on the date on 
which the individual provides to the educational in-
stitution a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to 
educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 of 
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this title and ending on the earlier of the following 
dates: 
‘‘(i) The date on which the Secretary pro-
vides payment for such course of education to 
such institution. 
‘‘(ii) The date that is 90 days after the 
date on which the individual provides to the 
educational institution such certificate of eligi-
bility. 
‘‘(B) A policy that ensures that the educational 
institution will not impose any penalty, including the 
assessment of late fees, the denial of access to class-
es, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the 
requirement that a covered individual borrow addi-
tional funds, on any covered individual because of 
the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial 
obligations to the institution as a result of the de-
layed disbursement of any payment to be provided 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a covered indi-
vidual is any individual who is entitled to educational as-
sistance under chapter 31 or 33 of this title. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may waive such requirements of 
paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’. 
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SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF AU-
THORITY TO USE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
TO 
PURSUE 
INDEPENDENT 
STUDY 
PRO-
GRAMS AT CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-
TIONS THAT ARE NOT INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER LEARNING. 
The section heading for section 302 of the Harry W. 
Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 
(Public Law 115–48) is amended to read as follows (and 
the table of contents for such Act is conformed accord-
ingly): 
‘‘SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE UNDER ANY OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PURSUE 
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS AT CER-
TAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE 
NOT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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