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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4852 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to make available to veterans certain additional information about 
postsecondary educational institutions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2019 
Mrs. TORRES of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to make available to veterans 
certain additional information about postsecondary edu-
cational 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘G.I. and Veterans Edu-
cation Empowerment Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS 
AFFAIRS 
ABOUT 
POSTSECONDARY 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.— 
Subsection (c) of section 3698 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)— 
(A) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (xii), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(xiii) whether the institution is listed on 
the College Navigator website as affiliated with 
a religion and, if so, which religious denomina-
tion; 
‘‘(xiv) whether the Secretary of Education 
or other head of a department or agency of the 
Federal Government has determined that the 
institution is a minority serving institution and, 
if so, which one or more types of minority serv-
ing institutions; and 
‘‘(xv) whether the institution is gender spe-
cific.’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘To the extent practicable, 
the Secretary shall ensure that such information is 
provided in a searchable format.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Subsection (f) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘College Navigator website’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 132 of the 
Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1015a). 
‘‘(4) The term ‘minority serving institution’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A part B institution, as such term is 
defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
‘‘(B) A Hispanic-serving institution, as 
such term is defined in section 502(a)(5) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5)). 
‘‘(C) A Tribal College or University, as 
such term is defined in section 316(b)(3) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3)). 
‘‘(D) A predominantly Black institution, as 
such term is defined in section 318(b)(6) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059e(b)(6)). 
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‘‘(E) A Native American-serving, nontribal 
institution, as such term is defined in section 
319(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)(6)). 
‘‘(F) An Alaska Native-serving institution 
or Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as such 
terms are defined in section 317(b) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
‘‘(G) An Asian American and Native 
American Pacific Islander-serving institution, as 
such term is defined in section 320(b) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to the information pro-
vided under section 3698 of title 38, United States Code, 
beginning on the date that is two years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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