Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011
PL 112-26 (H.R.1383), enacted 08/03/2011

125 STAT. 268 
PUBLIC LAW 112–26—AUG. 3, 2011 
Public Law 112–26 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To temporarily preserve higher rates for tuition and fees for programs of education 
at non-public institutions of higher learning pursued by individuals enrolled in 
the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs before the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance 
Improvements Act of 2010, 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 ‘‘Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act 
of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF HIGHER RATES FOR TUITION AND FEES 
FOR PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION AT NON-PUBLIC INSTITU-
TIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING PURSUED BY INDIVIDUALS 
ENROLLED IN SUCH PROGRAMS PRIOR TO CHANGE IN MAX-
IMUM AMOUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A)(ii) of sec-
tion 3313(c) of title 38, United States Code (as amended by the 
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–377)), the amount payable under that para-
graph (or as appropriately adjusted under paragraphs (2) through 
(7) of that section) for tuition and fees for pursuit by an individual 
described in subsection (b) of an approved program of education 
at a non-public institution of higher learning during the period 
beginning on August 1, 2011, and ending on July 31, 2014, shall 
be the greater of— 
(1) $17,500; or 
(2) the established charges payable for the program of 
education determined using the table of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs entitled ‘‘Post-9/11 GI Bill 2010–2011 Tuition 
and Fee In-State Maximums’’, published October 27, 2010 (75 
Fed. Reg. 66193), as if that table applied to the pursuit of 
the program of education by that individual during that period. 
(b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—An individual described in this sub-
section is an individual entitled to educational assistance under 
chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, who, since January 
4, 2011, has been enrolled in the same non-public institution of 
higher learning in a State in which— 
(1) the maximum amount of tuition per credit in the 2010– 
2011 academic year, as determined pursuant to the table 
referred to in subsection (a)(2), exceeded $700; and 
Time period. 
38 USC 3313 
note. 
Restoring GI Bill 
Fairness Act 
of 2011. 
38 USC 101 note. 
Aug. 3, 2011 
[H.R. 1383] 
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125 STAT. 269 
PUBLIC LAW 112–26—AUG. 3, 2011 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1383: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–81 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 
May 23, considered and passed House. 
July 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
July 26, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
(2) the combined amount of tuition and fees for full-time 
attendance in the program of education in such academic year 
exceeded $17,500. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘approved program of education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3313(b) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘established charges’’, with respect to a pro-
gram of education, means the actual charges (as determined 
pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the basis of a full academic year) for tuition and 
fees which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the 
program of education would be required to pay. 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher learning’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3452(f) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF LOAN GUARANTY FEE FOR CERTAIN SUBSE-
QUENT LOANS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 3729(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2004’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2011’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘3.00’’ both places it appears and 
inserting ‘‘3.30’’; 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2004, and before October 
1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2011, and before October 
1, 2012’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘3.30’’ both places it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2.80’’; and 
(3) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the later of October 1, 2011, or the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 3, 2011. 
38 USC 3729 
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