I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2301 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to make payments to educational institutions under the Post- 
9/11 Educational Assistance Program at the end of a quarter, semester, 
or term, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2011 
Mr. STUTZMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to make payments to edu-
cational institutions under the Post-9/11 Educational As-
sistance Program at the end of a quarter, semester, 
or term, 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 ‘‘Streamlining Edu-
cation Claims Processing Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3301 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘quarter, semester, or term’ 
means the academic period during which a course of 
education is pursued, as established by the edu-
cational institution offering the course of education. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘full-time pursuit’ means, with 
respect to a program of education, the pursuit of 
such program of education during any quarter, se-
mester, or term on a basis that the educational insti-
tution offering the program of education has estab-
lished and treats as full-time for that quarter, se-
mester, or term.’’. 
SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AT THE 
END OF A QUARTER, SEMESTER, OR TERM 
UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) PAYMENT.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 3313 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such payments shall be 
payable not later than 30 days following receipt of the 
charges incurred by the individual entitled to educational 
assistance under this chapter at the end of the quarter, 
semester, or term, as the case may be.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subjection (a) shall apply with respect to a quarter, semes-
ter, or term that begins on or after August 1, 2011. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF COST PER CREDIT HOUR. 
Section 3313(h) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(h) PAYMENT
OF ESTAB-
LISHED
CHARGES
TO
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—Amounts’’ and inserting: 
‘‘(g) PAYMENT OF ESTABLISHED CHARGES.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT
TO
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—Amounts’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
COST
PER
CREDIT 
HOUR.—In determining the established charges for 
each credit hour of a program of education for any 
term, quarter, or semester, the Secretary shall divide 
the total cost of the tuition for enrollment in the 
program of education on a full-time basis for that 
term, quarter, or semester by the number of credit 
hours the educational institution offering the pro-
gram of education has established and treats as full- 
time for that term, quarter, or semester.’’. 
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