I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 476 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the process of approving 
courses of education pursued using educational benefits administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Mr. WENSTRUP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the process 
of approving courses of education pursued using edu-
cational benefits administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans 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 ‘‘GI Bill Education 
Quality Enhancement Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. ROLE OF STATE APPROVING AGENCIES. 
(a) APPROVAL
OF
CERTAIN
COURSES.—Section 
3672(b)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking ‘‘the following’’ and all that follows through 
the colon and inserting the following: ‘‘a program of edu-
cation is deemed to be approved for purposes of this chap-
ter if a State approving agency determines that the pro-
gram is one of the following programs:’’. 
(b) APPROVAL OF OTHER COURSES.—Section 3675 
of such title amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary or a State 
approving agency’’ and inserting ‘‘A State ap-
proving agency, or the Secretary when acting in 
the role of a State approving agency,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘offered by proprietary for- 
profit educational institutions’’ and inserting 
‘‘not covered by section 3672 of this title’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Secretary 
or the State approving agency’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
State approving agency, or the Secretary when act-
ing in the role of a State approving agency,’’ each 
place it appears. 
SEC. 3. CRITERIA USED TO APPROVE NONACCREDITED 
COURSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3676(c)(14) of such title 
is amended by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘if the Secretary, in consultation with the State approving 
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agency and pursuant to regulations prescribed to carry out 
this paragraph, determines such criteria are necessary and 
treat public, private, and proprietary for-profit educational 
institutions equitably’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to an investigation con-
ducted under section 3676(c) of title 38, United States 
Code, that is covered by a reimbursement of expenses paid 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to a State pursuant 
to section 3674 of such title on or after the first day of 
the first fiscal year following the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR 
CERTAIN FLIGHT TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(1)(A) of section 
3313 of such title is amended— 
(1) in clause (i)— 
(A) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘In the case of a program 
of education pursued at a public institution of 
higher learning’’ and inserting ‘‘(I) Subject to 
subclause (II), in the case of a program of edu-
cation pursued at a public institution of higher 
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learning not described in clause (ii)(II)(bb)’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(II) In determining the actual net 
cost for in-State tuition and fees pursuant 
to subclause (I), the Secretary may not 
pay for fees relating to flight training.’’; 
and 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by redesignating 
items (aa) and (bb) as subitems (AA) and 
(BB), respectively; 
(B) in subclause (II), by redesignating 
items (aa) and (bb) as subitems (AA) and 
(BB), respectively; 
(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively; 
(D) by striking ‘‘In the case of a program 
of education pursued at a non-public or foreign 
institution of higher learning’’ and inserting 
‘‘(I) In the case of a program of education de-
scribed in subclause (II)’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
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‘‘(II) A program of education de-
scribed in this subclause is any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa) A program of education 
pursued at a non-public or foreign in-
stitution of higher learning. 
‘‘(bb) A program of education 
pursued at a public institution of 
higher learning in which flight train-
ing is required to earn the degree 
being pursued (including with respect 
to a dual major, concentration, or 
other element of such a degree).’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, 
or term, as applicable, commencing on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE SURVEYS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3693 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection (a): 
‘‘(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall conduct an annual compliance survey of edu-
cational institutions and training establishments offering 
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one or more courses approved for the enrollment of eligible 
veterans or persons if at least 20 such veterans or persons 
are enrolled in any such course. The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) design the compliance surveys to ensure 
that such institutions or establishments, as the case 
may be, and approved courses are in compliance 
with all applicable provisions of chapters 30 through 
36 of this title; 
‘‘(B) survey each such educational institution 
and training establishment not less than once during 
every two-year period; and 
‘‘(C) assign not fewer than one education com-
pliance specialist to work on compliance surveys in 
any year for each 40 compliance surveys required to 
be made under this section for such year. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the State ap-
proving agencies, shall— 
‘‘(A) annually determine the parameters of the 
surveys required under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) not later than September 1 of each year, 
make available to the State approving agencies a list 
of the educational institutions and training estab-
lishments that will be surveyed during the fiscal year 
following the date of making such list available.’’; 
and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) In this section, the terms ‘educational institu-
tion’ and ‘training establishment’ have the meaning given 
such terms in section 3452 of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (b) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) of this section 
for an annual compliance survey’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)(1) for a compliance survey’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘institution’’ and inserting 
‘‘educational institution or training establishment’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘institution’s demonstrated 
record of compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘record of com-
pliance of such institution or establishment’’. 
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