IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3981 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
methods by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs con-
ducts oversight of certain educational 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 ‘‘Isakson-Roe Education 
Oversight Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS 
OVERSIGHT 
OF 
CERTAIN 
EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL.— 
Section 3675(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The educational institution agrees to, not 
later than 30 days after any date on which such 
educational institution becomes subject to an action 
or event described in section 3673(e)(3) of this title, 
submit to the State approving agency, or the Sec-
retary when acting in the role of a State approving 
agency, a notification of such action or event in such 
form and containing such information as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL OF 
NONACCREDITED COURSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3676(c) of such title 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 
through (16) as paragraphs (15) through (17), 
respectively; and 
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(B) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) The institution agrees to, not later than 
30 days after any date on which such institution be-
comes subject to an action or event described in sec-
tion 3673(e)(3) of this title, submit to the State ap-
proving agency, or the Secretary when acting in the 
role of a State approving agency, a notification of 
such action or event in such form and containing 
such information as the Secretary determines appro-
priate.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is 
further amended— 
(A) in section 3672(b)(2)(C), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (14) or (15)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (15) or (16)’’; 
(B) in section 3675(b)(3), by striking 
‘‘(14), (15), and (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(15), 
(16), and (17)’’; 
(C) in section 3679(d), by striking ‘‘de-
scribed in paragraph (14) or (15)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘described in paragraph (15) or (16)’’; and 
(D) in section 3680A(a)(4)(C)(iii), by 
striking ‘‘section 3676(c)(14) and (15)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 3676(c)(15) and (16)’’. 
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(c) ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OF AP-
PROVAL.—Section 3679(f)(1) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) Comply with the notification requirements 
under sections 3675(b)(5) and 3676(c)(14) of this 
title, when applicable.’’. 
(d) DEADLINE
FOR RISK-BASED SURVEYS DATA-
BASE.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 
the database required under section 3673A(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, by not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 
2023. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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