118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1767 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
educational assistance paid under Department of Vet-
erans Affairs educational assistance programs to an indi-
vidual who pursued a program or course of education 
that was suspended or terminated for certain reasons 
shall not be charged against the entitlement of the indi-
vidual, 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 ‘‘Student Veteran Ben-
efit Restoration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT 
VIOLATE CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS ON ADVER-
TISING, SALES, AND ENROLLMENT PRAC-
TICES. 
(a) RESTORATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—Section 3696 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) 
as subsections (j) through (m), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing new subsection (i): 
‘‘(i) RESTORATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—Upon a final 
determination by the Under Secretary for Benefits under 
subsection (g), including the results of any appeal under 
subsection (i), that an educational institution or the owner 
of an educational institution violated subsection (a), (c), 
or (d), the Secretary may determine that any payment of 
educational assistance to an individual who used, or was 
enticed to use, entitlement to educational assistance under 
chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of this title, or chapter 1606 
or 1607 of title 10, to pursue a course or program of edu-
cation at such educational institution during the time pe-
riod when the violation occurred, and who, by reason of
such violation, was unable to continue such course or pro-
gram at such educational institution or was deprived (in 
the determination of the Secretary) of the expected value 
of such used entitlement, is not— 
‘‘(1) charged against any entitlement to edu-
cational assistance of the individual; or 
‘‘(2) counted against the aggregate period for 
which section 3695 of this title limits the receipt of 
educational assistance by such individual.’’. 
(b) REPAYMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) In addition to any other enforcement action 
taken under this subsection, upon a final determination 
by the Under Secretary for Benefits under subsection (g) 
that an educational institution or the owner of an edu-
cational institution violated subsection (a) or (c), the Sec-
retary shall require the educational institution to repay to 
the Secretary all amounts of educational assistance under 
chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of this title, or chapter 1606 
or 1607 of title 10, paid to the educational institution by
not repay such amount, the Secretary shall disapprove a 
course or program of education offered by the educational 
institution until the educational institution repays to the 
Secretary such amount.’’. 
(3) REINSTATEMENT.—Paragraph (2) of sub-
section (k) of section 3696, as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1), is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘that’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
subparagraph (G); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following new subparagraph (F): 
‘‘(F) the educational institution repays any 
amount required to be repaid under subsection 
(h)(5); and’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN FEES. 
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November
15, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 
29, 2031’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1767 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
that educational assistance paid under Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs educational assistance 
programs to an individual who pursued a pro-
gram or course of education that was suspended 
or terminated for certain reasons shall not be 
charged against the entitlement of the individual, 
and for other purposes.