Title: Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs or a state approving agency from approving a program of education offered by an educational institution for purposes of an educational assistance program for veterans or members of the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces unless any such institution that administers a priority enrollment system allows an eligible veteran, member, or dependent to enroll in courses at the earliest possible time.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1793

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enrollment of 
   veterans in certain courses of education, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2017

    Mr. Ryan of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enrollment of 
   veterans in certain courses of education, 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 ``Veterans Education Priority 
Enrollment Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT FOR VETERANS IN CERTAIN COURSES OF 
              EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 3680A the following new section:
``Sec. 3680B. Priority enrollment in certain courses
    ``(a) In General.--With respect to an educational assistance 
program provided for in chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of this title or 
chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, if an educational institution 
administers a priority enrollment system that allows certain students 
to enroll in courses earlier than other students, the Secretary or a 
State approving agency may not approve a program of education offered 
by such institution unless such institution allows a covered individual 
to enroll in courses at the earliest possible time pursuant to such 
priority enrollment system.
    ``(b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
`covered individual' means an individual using educational assistance 
under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of this title or chapter 1606 or 
1607 of title 10, including--
            ``(1) a veteran;
            ``(2) a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty 
        or a member of a reserve component (including the National 
        Guard);
            ``(3) a dependent to whom such assistance has been 
        transferred pursuant to section 3319 of this title; and
            ``(4) any other individual using such assistance.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
3680A the following new item:

``3680B. Priority enrollment in certain courses.''.
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