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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6157 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to collect and include certain student outcome information in 
the GI Bill comparison tool of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2020 
Mrs. LURIA (for herself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) 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 collect and include certain 
student outcome information in the GI Bill comparison 
tool of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Transparency for Stu-
dent Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN STUDENT OUTCOME IN-
FORMATION IN GI BILL COMPARISON TOOL 
OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3698 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the Secretary of Education, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Labor, the Di-
rector of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the 
Director of the Census Bureau, and the Commissioner of 
the Internal Revenue Service under which the Secretaries, 
the Directors, and the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs the following information 
about student outcomes with respect to students who are 
veterans, members of the Armed Forces, or dependents 
of veterans or members of the Armed Forces at edu-
cational institutions: 
‘‘(i) Persistence rate. 
‘‘(ii) Course and program completion rates. 
‘‘(iii) Transfer-out rate. 
‘‘(iv) Graduation rate. 
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‘‘(v) Number and type of each of the following 
completed credentials, degrees, and certificates, ex-
pressed separately: 
‘‘(I) Credentials. 
‘‘(II) Certificates. 
‘‘(III) Associates degrees. 
‘‘(IV) Bachelors degrees. 
‘‘(V) Postbaccalaureate degrees. 
‘‘(vi) Average number of years to complete each 
of the credentials, degrees, and certificates referred 
to in clause (v). 
‘‘(vii) Employment rates of graduates and of in-
dividuals who attended but did not complete a de-
gree or certificate program. 
‘‘(viii) Median earnings for graduates. 
‘‘(ix) Average salary for graduates with each 
major or certificate available at the institution. 
‘‘(x) Median amount of Federal student loans 
expressed separately for— 
‘‘(I) individuals who completed a creden-
tial, degree, or certificate; and 
‘‘(II) individuals who attended a program 
of education leading to a credential, degree, or 
certificate but did not complete a credential, de-
gree, or certificate. 
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(i) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (xii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(xiii) the student outcome information 
collected pursuant to paragraph (4).’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive plan 
to protect the personally identifiable information of indi-
viduals when providing information on aggregate student 
outcomes under this section.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) MOU 
DEADLINE.—Not later than 24 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
enter into the memoranda of understanding re-
quired by subsection (c)(4) of section 3698 of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a); and 
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(B) collect the data on student outcomes 
required to be provided pursuant to such memo-
randa of understanding. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a briefing on the 
implementation of such memoranda of this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act. 
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