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‘‘(B) who— 
‘‘(i) commencing on or after Sep-
tember 11, 2001, completes at least 30 
continuous days of service described in 
subsection (d) (1) or (2); and 
‘‘(ii) after completion of service de-
scribed in clause (i), is discharged or re-
leased by reason of a sole survivorship dis-
charge (as that term is defined in section 
1174(i) of title 10).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘The following’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B), the 
following’’. 
SEC. 11. UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROVAL OF COURSES 
OF EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 3672 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3672A. Uniform application 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary, in partner-
ship with State approving agencies, educational institu-
tions, and training establishments, shall require the use 
of a uniform application by any educational institution or 
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training establishment seeking the approval of a new 
course of education under this chapter. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall maintain one uniform appli-
cation for institutions of higher learning and one such ap-
plication for other educational institutions and training es-
tablishments. 
‘‘(3) In the case of any State that uses approval cri-
teria not covered by a uniform application under this sec-
tion, the State approving agency for that State shall re-
quire the use of the uniform application and may require 
the submittal of additional information. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The uniform application re-
quired under subsection (a) shall meet the following re-
quirements: 
‘‘(1) A requirement that the appropriate execu-
tive of the educational institution or training estab-
lishment seeking the approval of a course of edu-
cation attests on behalf of the educational institution 
or training establishment that the educational insti-
tution or training establishment— 
‘‘(A) is in compliance with all applicable 
laws and regulations relating to the approval of 
courses of education under this chapter; and 
‘‘(B) during the five-year period preceding 
the date of the application— 
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‘‘(i) has not been subject to, or been 
party to a contract with any individual or 
entity that has been subject to, any ad-
verse administrative or judicial action 
that— 
‘‘(I) related to the instruction or 
training, including with respect to the 
quality of education, provided by the 
institution or establishment; and 
‘‘(II) resulted in a fine or penalty 
in an amount equal to or more than 
five percent of the amount of funding 
provided to the institution or estab-
lishment under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 for the fiscal 
year preceding the year in which the 
application is submitted; or 
‘‘(ii) has not employed an individual, 
or been party to a contract with any indi-
vidual or entity, that has been convicted of 
a Federal fraud charge related to the in-
struction or training provided by the insti-
tution or establishment. 
‘‘(2) In the case of any educational institution 
or training establishment that is not participating in 
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title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, a re-
quirement for the inclusion of— 
‘‘(A) a copy of— 
‘‘(i) the articles of incorporation filed 
on behalf of the institution or establish-
ment or proof of licensing to operate as an 
educational institution or training estab-
lishment in the State where the institution 
or establishment is located; and 
‘‘(ii) the financial position of the insti-
tution or establishment, as prepared by an 
appropriate third-party entity; or 
‘‘(B) other adequate evidence, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, that the institution or 
establishment is authorized to provide post-sec-
ondary education or training in the State where 
the institution or establishment is located. 
‘‘(3) In the case of any course of education that 
is offered by an educational institution or training 
establishment that has never offered a course of edu-
cation that was approved under this chapter, a re-
quirement for the inclusion of information about the 
course of education covered by the application, in-
cluding— 
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‘‘(A) the number of students who have en-
tered and graduated from the course during the 
preceding two-year period; and 
‘‘(B) if available, the cohort default rate 
for funds provided to the institution or estab-
lishment under title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965. 
‘‘(4) In the case of any educational institution 
or training establishment that is not an institution 
of higher learning, a requirement for the inclusion 
of— 
‘‘(A) a list of individuals who will serve as 
fully qualified instructors for the course of edu-
cation, as of the date of the application, and an 
attestation that such individuals— 
‘‘(i) have a degree or other training, 
as appropriate, in the field of the course; 
‘‘(ii) effectively teach the skills offered 
under the course; and 
‘‘(iii) have demonstrated relevant in-
dustry experience in the field of the course; 
and 
‘‘(B) a list of individuals who will serve as 
career services employees for students enrolled 
in the course and an attestation that such indi-
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viduals are skilled at identifying professions in 
the relevant industry that are in need of new 
employees to hire, tailoring the course of edu-
cation to meet market needs, and identifying 
the employers likely to hire graduates. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE APPROVING AGEN-
CIES.—During the approval process with respect to a uni-
form application submitted by an educational institution 
or training establishment, a State approving agency, or 
the Secretary when acting in the role of a State approving 
agency, shall contact the Secretary of Education to deter-
mine whether the course of education subject to such ap-
proval process has withdrawn, or been denied or sus-
pended, from receiving for benefits under title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE.—In this section, the 
appropriate executive of an educational institution or 
training establishment is a senior executive official, senior 
administrator, owner, or operator designated by the insti-
tution or establishment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 3672 the following new 
item: 
‘‘3672A. Uniform application.’’. 
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(c) APPLICABILITY.—The application required by 
section 3672A of title 38, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), shall— 
(1) be developed by not later than October 1, 
2023; and 
(2) be required for the approval of any new 
course of education proposed on or after that day. 
SEC. 12. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATION SURVEYS. 
(a) RISK-BASED SURVEY.—Section 3673A of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—To the maximum amount feasible, the 
Secretary, or a State approving agency, as applicable, 
shall provide not more than one business day of notice 
to an educational institution before conducting a targeted 
risk-based survey of the institution under this section.’’. 
(b) COMPLIANCE SURVEYS.—Section 3693 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary, 
or a State approving agency, as applicable, shall provide 
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not more than ten business days of notice to an edu-
cational institution or training establishment before con-
ducting a compliance survey of the institution or establish-
ment under this section.’’. 
SEC. 
13. 
EXCEPTION 
TO 
REQUIREMENT 
TO 
SUBMIT 
VERIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS. 
Section 3313(l) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (4), the Secretary’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION.—An educational institution is 
not required to submit verification of an individual 
under paragraph (1)(A) if— 
‘‘(A) the individual is enrolled in a course 
or program of education offered by the edu-
cational institution on at least a full-time basis 
before the date on which the individual is able 
to withdraw from the course or program of edu-
cation without penalty; 
‘‘(B) the educational institution charges 
the same amount of tuition and fees for stu-
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dents who are enrolled on a full-time basis and 
students who are enrolled on a more-than-full- 
time basis; and 
‘‘(C) the individual remains enrolled in the 
course or program of education after the date 
on which the individual is able to withdraw 
from the course or program of education with-
out penalty.’’. 
SEC. 14. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SELF-EMPLOY-
MENT ASSISTANCE UNDER VETERAN READI-
NESS AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Paragraph (12) of 
subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(12) Such license fees and essential equip-
ment, supplies, and minimum stocks of materials as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary for a vet-
eran to begin self-employment and are within the 
criteria and cost limitations that the Secretary shall 
prescribe in regulations for the furnishing of such 
fees, equipment, supplies, and stocks.’’. 
(b) PRIORITY.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section is 
amended by inserting before the first period the following: 
‘‘, including with respect to providing priority for services 
under subsection (a)(12) to veterans with the most severe 
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service-connected disabilities who require homebound 
training or self-employment, or both homebound training 
and self-employment’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 3117 of 
such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘this 
clause’’ and inserting ‘‘this subparagraph’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘insure’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘clause’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘para-
graph’’. 
SEC. 15. POSSIBLE DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS RE-
LATING TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives a report containing pos-
sible definitions of the Secretary for each of the following 
terms: 
(1) Student services. 
(2) Marketing. 
(3) Classroom instruction. 
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SEC. 16. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LOAN FEES. 
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 14, 
2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 19, 
2031’’. 
SEC. 17. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN CONSUMER CON-
TRACTS BY SERVICEMEMBERS AND DEPEND-
ENTS WHO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AFTER 
RECEIVING MILITARY ORDERS FOR PERMA-
NENT CHANGE OF STATION BUT THEN RE-
CEIVE STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS DUE TO AN 
EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
305A 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘TELE-
PHONE, 
MULTICHANNEL
VIDEO
PROGRAM-
MING, AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE’’ and 
inserting ‘‘CERTAIN CONSUMER’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by adding ‘‘OR DE-
PENDENT OF A SERVICEMEMBER’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘after the date the 
servicemember receives military orders to 
relocate for a period of not less than 90 
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days to a location that does not support 
the contract.’’ and inserting ‘‘after—’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) the date the servicemember receives mili-
tary orders to relocate for a period of not less than 
90 days to a location that does not support the con-
tract; or 
‘‘(B) the date the servicemember, while in mili-
tary service, receives military orders for a permanent 
change of station, thereafter enters into the con-
tract, and then receives a stop movement order 
issued by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security in response to a local, na-
tional, or global emergency, effective for an indefi-
nite period or for a period of not less than 30 days, 
that prevents the servicemember from using the 
services provided under the contract.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) The spouse or dependent of a service-
member, described in paragraph (1)(B), who 
accompanies such servicemember during the pe-
riod of relocation.’’; 
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(3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) COVERED CONTRACTS.—A contract described in 
this subsection is a contract— 
‘‘(1) for— 
‘‘(A) commercial mobile service; 
‘‘(B) telephone exchange service; 
‘‘(C) internet access service; 
‘‘(D) multichannel video programming 
service; 
‘‘(E) a gym membership or fitness pro-
gram; or 
‘‘(F) home security services; and 
‘‘(2) entered into by a servicemember before re-
ceiving the military orders referred to in subsection 
(a)(1).’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting, after paragraph (1), the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) The terms ‘military orders’ and ‘perma-
nent change of station’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 305.’’. 
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(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—The amendments 
made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders 
issued on or after March 1, 2020. 
SEC. 18. RESIDENCE FOR TAX PURPOSES. 
Section 511(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(50 U.S.C. 4001(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) SPOUSES.—A spouse of a servicemember 
shall neither lose nor acquire a residence or domicile 
for purposes of taxation with respect to the person, 
personal property, or income of the spouse by reason 
of being absent or present in any tax jurisdiction of 
the United States solely to be with the servicemem-
ber in compliance with the servicemember’s military 
orders. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION.—For any taxable year of the 
marriage, a servicemember and the spouse of such 
servicemember may elect to use for purposes of tax-
ation, regardless of the date on which the marriage 
of the servicemember and the spouse occurred, any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The residence or domicile of the serv-
icemember. 
‘‘(B) The residence or domicile of the 
spouse. 
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‘‘(C) The permanent duty station of the 
servicemember.’’. 
SEC. 19. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF 
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 
AND THEIR SPOUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 705 (50 U.S.C. 4025) the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 705A. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF 
SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a service-
member or the spouse of a servicemember has a covered 
license and such servicemember or spouse relocates his or 
her residency because of military orders for military serv-
ice to a location that is not in the jurisdiction of the licens-
ing authority that issued the covered license, such covered 
license shall be considered valid at a similar scope of prac-
tice and in the discipline applied for in the jurisdiction 
of such new residency for the duration of such military 
orders if such servicemember or spouse— 
‘‘(1) provides a copy of such military orders to 
the licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which 
the new residency is located; 
‘‘(2) remains in good standing with— 
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‘‘(A) the licensing authority that issued the 
covered license; and 
‘‘(B) every other licensing authority that 
has issued to the servicemember or the spouse 
of a servicemember a license valid at a similar 
scope of practice and in the discipline applied in 
the jurisdiction of such licensing authority; 
‘‘(3) submits to the authority of the licensing 
authority in the new jurisdiction for the purposes of 
standards of practice, discipline, and fulfillment of 
any continuing education requirements. 
‘‘(b) INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACTS.—If a serv-
icemember or spouse of a servicemember is licensed and 
able to operate in multiple jurisdictions through an inter-
state licensure compact, with respect to services provided 
in the jurisdiction of the interstate licensure compact by 
a licensee covered by such compact, the servicemember or 
spouse of a servicemember shall be subject to the require-
ments of the compact or the applicable provisions of law 
of the applicable State and not this section. 
‘‘(c) COVERED LICENSE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered license’ means a professional license or 
certificate— 
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‘‘(1) that is in good standing with the licensing 
authority that issued such professional license or 
certificate; 
‘‘(2) that the servicemember or spouse of a 
servicemember has actively used during the two 
years immediately preceding the relocation described 
in subsection (a); and 
‘‘(3) that is not a license to practice law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 705 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 705A. Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their 
spouses.’’. 
SEC. 20. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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