IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6604 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 18 (legislative day, MAY 17), 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs deter-
mines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an edu-
cational institution on individuals who do not transfer 
credits from such institution. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Eligible to 
Transfer School (VETS) Credit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT 
TRANSFER CREDITS FROM CERTAIN CLOSED 
OR 
DISAPPROVED 
PROGRAMS 
OF 
EDU-
CATION. 
Section 3699(c)(2)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘An individual’’ and inserting 
‘‘(i) An individual’’; 
(2) by designating the second sentence as 
clause (iv) and indenting appropriately; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (i), as designated 
by paragraph (1), the following new clauses: 
‘‘(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) require an individual to certify in writing 
that the individual has transferred fewer than 12 
credits as described in such clause; 
‘‘(II) require an individual who makes a certifi-
cation under subclause (I) to acknowledge in writing 
that if the individual transfers 12 or more credits as 
described in such clause (i)— 
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‘‘(aa) the individual may not be deemed 
under such clause to be an individual who did 
not receive such credits; and 
‘‘(bb) the Secretary shall rescind the cer-
tificate of eligibility provided under subclause 
(IV); 
‘‘(III) accept a certification under subclause (I) 
as proof of the individual transferring fewer than 12 
credits; and 
‘‘(IV) provide to the individual who makes a 
certification under subclause (I) and makes the ac-
knowledgment under subclause (II) a certificate of 
eligibility that the individual may provide to an edu-
cational institution as proof of the individual being 
covered by this paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall notify individuals described 
in subparagraph (B) of being eligible to be covered by this 
paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO SPECIFY AN 
EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF A TRANSFER OF 
POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO A 
DEPENDENT. 
Section 3319(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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