{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1669","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1669","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the high technology pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the high technology pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House for portions of this bill","title":"Filipino Education Fairness Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-21","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-05-24","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h235","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"VET-TEC Authorization Act","result":"Passed","yea":409,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll235.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.","date":"2023-05-30"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-05-24","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"VET-TEC Authorization Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill addresses various Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and benefits, including to continue a high technology program and provide burial and funeral allowances for certain veterans."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2) The VA must implement through FY2028 a program under which it provides up to 6,000 covered individuals per year the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education that provide non-degree training or skills related to computer programming, media application, data processing, or information sciences. A covered individual is a veteran who (1) the VA determines is under the age of 62, served an aggregate of at least 36 months on active duty, and was discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable; or (2) will satisfy such requirements in fewer than 180 days after the VA's determination."},{"k":"p","t":"In administering the program, the VA must provide assistance to covered individuals in amounts equal to those provided to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients who are pursuing a degree on more than a half-time basis."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3) The bill also requires the VA to provide a burial and funeral allowance for a veteran who dies in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4) The bill provides that a rehabilitation program under the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program may include a program that includes flight training and does not lead to a degree."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5) This section imposes sole liability for overpayments of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill on the individual who was eligible for such assistance in situations where the individual failed to complete a service agreement and transferred the entitlement to a dependent."},{"k":"p","t":"Filipino Education Fairness Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6) This section increases the amount of educational assistance available to an individual pursuing a program of education under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program at an institution located in the Philippines. Under current law, DEA educational assistance for an individual pursuing a program of education at an institution located in the Philippines is limited to $0.50 for each dollar. The bill makes an individual eligible for the full assistance amount."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7) The VA must provide eligibility and award documents related to specified VA educational assistance programs (e.g., the Post-9/11 GI Bill) in an electronic format. Specifically, the VA must electronically provide (1) a certificate of eligibility for an individual's entitlement to assistance, and (2) an award letter regarding the authorization to receive assistance."},{"k":"p","t":"An individual may elect to receive documents by mail and may revoke such an election at any time."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 8) Finally, the bill extends certain loan fee rates through April 30, 2032, under the VA's home loan program."}],"words":463},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Establishes a Department of Veterans Affairs high technology education program that ends September 30, 2028, and amends other title 38 provisions on veterans' education benefits, burial allowances, rehabilitation programs and home loan fees.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669/text/eh#H1558D8A821484D59B7832EBA14A46573"},{"label":"Sec. 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eligibility a veteran who dies at home or another setting while receiving VA hospice care that directly followed VA hospital or nursing home care, for deaths occurring on or after 180 days after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669/text/eh#HCFD5C1A59C1246BEAD45532938A41C08"}},{"text":"Provides that a rehabilitation program for veterans with service-connected disabilities may include a program that includes flight training and does not lead to a degree.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669/text/eh#H01700A8C48974413A69D97CAD485D2FF"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to provide certificates of eligibility and award letters for covered educational assistance by electronic means, and allows an individual to elect to receive them by mail and to revoke that election at any time.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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an online high technology program described in subsection (a)(4)(B)."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669/text/eh#HF56DAD3F7DD24625B0A246EFECF2A9F5"},"heading":"Increase of Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance for programs of education in Republic of Philippines","effect":"Strikes subsection (d) of section 3532 of title 38 and redesignates the remaining subsections; the section's heading ties this to educational assistance for programs of education in the Republic of Philippines.","amount":null,"quote":"This section may be cited as the “Filipino Education Fairness Act”."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-05-24","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1669.png","v":"9381cf347bec","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1669, 118th Congress: VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023. House: 409 Yea, 9 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 24 May 2023."}}