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Union Calendar No. 82 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1172 
[Report No. 111–164] 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide 
scholarships to veterans and their survivors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. BUYER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
JUNE 18, 2009 
Additional sponsor: Mr. POE of Texas 
JUNE 18, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on 
the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs a list of organizations that provide scholarships 
to veterans and their survivors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PAT TILLMAN VETERANS’ SCHOLARSHIP INI-
TIATIVE. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall include on the 
Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
a list of organizations that provide scholarships to vet-
erans and their survivors and, for each such organization, 
a link to the Internet website of the organization. 
SECTION 1. PAT TILLMAN VETERANS’ SCHOLARSHIP INITIA-
TIVE. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION.— 
By not later than June 1, 2010, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall include on the Internet website of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) a list of organizations that provide scholar-
ships to veterans and their survivors and, for each 
such organization, a link to the Internet website of the 
organization; 
(2) a statement that the information described in 
paragraph (1) is not an all-inclusive list of scholar-
ships available to veterans and their survivors; and 
(3) a statement that the Secretary has not 
verified the information available on the Internet 
websites of the organizations referred to paragraph 
(1) and that the Secretary does not endorse any offer 
made by any sponsor of any such the website. 
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(b) MAINTENANCE OF SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make reasonable ef-
forts to notify schools and other appropriate entities of the 
opportunity to be included on the Internet website of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to subsection (a). 
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Union Calendar No. 82 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1172 
[Report No. 111–164] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to in-
clude on the Internet website of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that 
provide scholarships to veterans and their sur-
vivors. 
JUNE 18, 2009 
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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