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 ‘‘Servicemembers Im-
proved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SIT-REP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISAPPROVAL FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS OF CERTAIN COURSES OF 
EDUCATION THAT DO NOT PERMIT INDIVID-
UALS 
TO 
ATTEND 
OR 
PARTICIPATE 
IN 
COURSES PENDING PAYMENT. 
Section 3679 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, beginning on August 1, 2018, a State approving 
agency, or the Secretary when acting in the role of the State 
approving agency, shall disapprove a course of education 
provided by an educational institution unless the edu-
cational institution has adopted the following policies: 
‘‘(A) A policy that permits any covered indi-
vidual to attend or participate in the course of edu-
cation during the period beginning on the date on 
which the individual provides to the educational in-
stitution a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to 
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educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 of this 
title and ending on the earlier of the following dates: 
‘‘(i) The date on which the Secretary pro-
vides payment for such course of education to 
such institution. 
‘‘(ii) The date that is 90 days after the date 
on which the individual provides to the edu-
cational institution such certificate of eligibility. 
‘‘(B) A policy that ensures that the educational 
institution will not impose any penalty, including the 
assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, 
libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the re-
quirement that a covered individual borrow addi-
tional funds, on any covered individual because of the 
individual’s inability to meet his or her financial ob-
ligations to the institution as a result of the delayed 
disbursement of any payment to be provided by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a covered indi-
vidual is any individual who is entitled to educational as-
sistance under chapter 31 or 33 of this title. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may waive such requirements of 
paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’. 
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SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF AU-
THORITY TO USE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
TO PURSUE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS 
AT CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
THAT ARE NOT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
LEARNING. 
The section heading for section 302 of the Harry W. 
Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 115–48) is amended to read as follows (and the 
table of contents for such Act is conformed accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE UNDER ANY OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PURSUE 
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS AT CER-
TAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE 
NOT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 537 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4830 
[Report No. 115–694] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the disapproval of any course of education for 
purposes of the educational assistance programs 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs unless the 
educational institution providing the course per-
mits individuals to attend or participate in 
courses pending payment by Department, and for 
other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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