United States HR 9410: VA Education Oversight Improvement Act

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 9410 
To  amend  title  38,  United  States  Code,  to  provide  additional  authorities  
to  the  Secretary  of  Veterans  Affairs  and  State  Approving  Agencies  with  
respect  to  third-party  contractors  of  educational  institutions,  and  for  
other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
JUNE23, 2026 
Mr. M
ACKENZIEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A  BILL  
To  amend  title  38,  United  States  Code,  to  provide  additional  
authorities   to   the   Secretary   of   Veterans   Affairs   and   
State   Approving   Agencies   with   respect   to   third-party   
contractors  of  educational  institutions,  and  for  other  pur-
poses. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘VA  Education  Over-4
sight Improvement Act’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  AUTHORITIES  OF  SECRETARY  OF  VETERANS  AF-1
FAIRS   AND   STATE   APPROVING   AGENCIES   2
WITH  RESPECT  TO  THIRD-PARTY  CONTRAC-3
TORS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 4
(a)  S
COPE   OFOVERSIGHT   OFTHIRD-PARTYCON-5
TRACTORS.—Section  3673A  of  title  38,  United  States  6
Code, is amended— 7
(1)  in  subsection  (a),  by  inserting  after  ‘‘over-8
sight of educational institutions’’ the following: ‘‘, in-9
cluding  third-party  contractors  of  educational  insti-10
tutions,’’; 11
(2)  in  subsection  (b)(2)(G),  by  striking  ‘‘adver-12
tising  and  recruiting  practices’’  and  inserting  ‘‘ad-13
vertising,   marketing,   recruiting,   and   enrollment   14
practices’’; and 15
(3)  by  adding  at  the  end  of  subsection  (b)  the  16
following new paragraph: 17
‘‘(3) The scope determined under paragraph (1) shall 18
include  any  location  at  which  the  educational  institution  19
offers  a  course  or  program  of  education  approved  under  20
this  chapter,  including  a  location  in  a  foreign  country.’’.  21
(b)  A
NNUALREPORT.—Section  3672  of  title  38,  22
United  States  Code,  is  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  the  23
following new subsection: 24
‘‘(f)  Not  later  than  October  1  of  each  year  through  25
2028,  the  Secretary  shall  conduct  an  assessment  of  the  26
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activities  carried  out  under  this  chapter  with  respect  to  1
the approval of courses or programs of education provided 2
by  third-party  contractors  of  educational  institutions  and  3
shall  submit  to  the  Committee  on  Veterans’  Affairs  of  the  4
Senate  and  the  Committee  on  Veterans’  Affairs  of  the  5
House  of  Representatives  a  report  on  the  results  of  the  6
assessment. The report shall include the recommendations 7
of  the  Secretary  with  respect  to  any  legislative  or  regu-8
latory actions the Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 9
SEC.   3.   AUTHORIZATION   FOR   STATE   APPROVING   AGEN-10
CIES. 11
Section  3671  of  title  38,  United  States  Code,  is  12
amended  by  adding  at  the  end  the  following  new  sub-13
section: 14
‘‘(d)  The  authority  of  the  Secretary  to  recognize  a  15
State department or agency as the State approving agency 16
for  a  State  for  purposes  of  this  chapter  or  chapter  34  or  17
35  of  this  title  shall  be  authorized  until  October  1,  2028,  18
and after such time any provisions of this chapter or chap-19
ter 34 or 35 of this title which refer to the State approving 20
agency  shall,  with  respect  to  such  State,  be  deemed  to  21
refer to the Secretary.’’. 22
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