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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3948 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for entitlement under 
the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program to payment for test pre-
paratory courses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2009 
Mr. PUTNAM (for himself, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MILLER 
of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. KOSMAS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Flor-
ida, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Ms. GINNY 
BROWN-WAITE
of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BACA, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. SNYDER, and Mr. LEE of New York) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for entitle-
ment under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Pro-
gram to payment for test preparatory courses, 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 ‘‘Test Prep for Heroes 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR TEST 
PREPARATORY COURSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3315 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘and one test preparatory 
course’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘total’’ before ‘‘amount 
payable’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and test preparatory 
course’’ after ‘‘licensing or certification test’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘aggregate amount 
equal to the’’ before ‘‘fee’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘plus the fee charged 
for the test preparatory course’’ after ‘‘the 
test’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) TEST PREPARATORY COURSE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘test preparatory course’ means— 
‘‘(1) a preparatory course for a test that is re-
quired or used for admission to an institution of 
higher education; 
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‘‘(2) or a preparatory course for a test that is 
required or used for admission to a graduate 
school.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) HEADING.—The heading for section 3315 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘tests’’ the following: ‘‘; test pre-
paratory courses’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table or sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 33 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
3315 and inserting the following: 
‘‘3315. Licensure and certification tests; test preparatory courses.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect ølllll¿. 
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