GIVE Act
Bill: H.R.2492 | Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. (D-CA)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
G.I. and Veterans Education Empowerment Act or the GIVE Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans and members of the Armed Forces with information about whether (1) a postsecondary education institution is listed on the College Navigator website as being affiliated with a certain religion, (2) an institution is minority serving, and (3) an institution is gender specific.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to make available to veterans certain additional 
information about postsecondary educational institutions, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``G.I. and Veterans Education 
Empowerment Act'' or the ``GIVE Act''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ABOUT 
              POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) Additional Information To Be Provided.--Subsection (c) of 
section 3698 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                    (A) in clause (xi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (xii), by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                    ``(xiii) whether the institution is listed on the 
                College Navigator website as affiliated with a religion 
                and, if so, which religious denomination;
                    ``(xiv) whether the Secretary of Education or other 
                head of a department or agency of the Federal 
                Government has determined that the institution is a 
                minority serving institution and, if so, which one or 
                more types of minority serving institutions; and
                    ``(xv) whether the institution is gender 
                specific.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall 
        ensure that such information is provided in a searchable 
        format.''.
    (b) Definition.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) The term `College Navigator website' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 132 of the Higher Education Act (20 
        U.S.C. 1015a).
            ``(4) The term `minority serving institution' means any of 
        the following:
                    ``(A) A part B institution, as such term is defined 
                in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act (20 
                U.S.C. 1061(2)).
                    ``(B) A Hispanic-serving institution, as such term 
                is defined in section 502(a)(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1101a(5)).
                    ``(C) A Tribal College or University, as such term 
                is defined in section 316(b)(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1059c(b)(3)).
                    ``(D) A predominantly Black institution, as such 
                term is defined in section 318(b)(6) of such Act (20 
                U.S.C. 1059e(b)(6)).
                    ``(E) A Native American-serving, nontribal 
                institution, as such term is defined in section 
                319(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)(6)).
                    ``(F) An Alaska Native-serving institution or 
                Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as such terms are 
                defined in section 317(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1059d(b)).
                    ``(G) An Asian American and Native American Pacific 
                Islander-serving institution, as such term is defined 
                in section 320(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).''.
    (c) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to the information provided under section 3698 of title 
38, United States Code, beginning on the date that is 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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