IIA
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 996
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 25 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a
veterans education certification and outreach program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. VETERANS EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 36 of title 38, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by adding at the end of sub-
chapter II the following new section:
‘‘§ 3697B. Veterans education outreach program
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall provide funding for offices
of veterans affairs at institutions of higher learning, as
defined in section 3452(f), in accordance with this section.
‘‘(b)(1)(A) The Secretary shall, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, make payments to any institu-
tion of higher learning, under and in accordance with this
section, during any fiscal year if the number of persons
eligible for services from offices assisted under this section
at the institution is at least 50, determined in the same
manner as the number of eligible veterans or eligible per-
sons is determined under section 3684(c).
‘‘(B) The persons who are eligible for services from
the offices assisted under this section are persons receiving
educational assistance administered by the Department of
Veterans Affairs, including assistance provided under
chapter 106 of title 10.
‘‘(2) To be eligible for a payment under this section,
an institution of higher learning or a consortium of insti-
tutions of higher learning, as described in paragraph (3),
shall make an application to the Secretary. The applica-
tion shall—
‘‘(A) set forth such policies, assurances, and
procedures that will ensure that—
‘‘(i) the funds received by the institution,
or each institution in a consortium of institu-
tions described in paragraph (3), under this
section will be used solely to carry out this
section;
‘‘(ii) for enhancing the functions of its vet-
erans education outreach program, the appli-
cant will expend, during the academic year for
which a payment is sought, an amount equal to
at least the amount of the award under this
section from sources other than this or any
other Federal program; and
‘‘(iii) the applicant will submit to the Sec-
retary such reports as the Secretary may re-
quire or as are required by this section;
‘‘(B) contain such other statement of policies,
assurances, and procedures as the Secretary may re-
quire in order to protect the financial interests of
the United States;
‘‘(C) set forth such plans, policies, assurances,
and procedures as will ensure that the applicant will
maintain an office of veterans’ affairs which has re-
sponsibility for—
‘‘(i) veterans’ certification, outreach, re-
cruitment, and special education programs, in-
cluding the provision of or referral to edu-
cational, vocational, and personal counseling for
veterans; and
‘‘(ii) providing information regarding other
services provided veterans by the Department,
including the readjustment counseling program
authorized under section 1712A, the programs
of veterans employment and training authorized
under the Job Training Partnership Act and
the Service Members Occupational Conversion
and Training Act of 1992, and the programs
carried out under chapters 41 and 42; and
‘‘(D) be submitted at such time or times, in
such manner, in such form, and contain such infor-
mation as the Secretary determines necessary to
carry out the functions of the Secretary under this
section.
‘‘(3) An institution of higher learning which is eligible
for funding under this section and which the Secretary
determines cannot feasibly carry out, by itself, any or all
of the activities set forth in paragraph (2)(C), may carry
out such program or programs through a consortium
agreement with one or more other institutions of higher
learning in the same community.
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall not approve an application
under this subsection unless the Secretary determines that
the applicant will implement the requirements of para-
graph (2)(C) within the first academic year during which
it receives a payment under this section.
‘‘(5) Any institution which received funding under
section 420A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during
fiscal year 1993 shall be eligible under this section for fis-
cal year 1994.
‘‘(c)(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount
of the payment which any institution shall receive under
this section for any fiscal year shall be $100 for each per-
son who is described in subsection (b)(1)(B).
‘‘(B) The maximum amount of payments to any insti-
tution of higher learning, or any branch thereof which is
located in a community which is different from that in
which the parent institution thereof is located, in any fis-
cal year is $75,000.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall pay to each institution
of higher learning which has had an application approved
under subsection (b) the amount which it is to receive
under this section. If the amount appropriated for any fis-
cal year is not sufficient to pay the amounts which all such
institutions are to receive, the Secretary shall ratably re-
duce such payments. If any amount becomes available to
carry out this section for a fiscal year after such reduc-
tions have been imposed, such reduced payments shall be
increased on the same basis as they were reduced.
‘‘(B) In making payments under this section for any
fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion the appropriation