{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1767","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1767","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of education that was suspended or terminated for certain reasons shall not be charged against the entitlement of the individual, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of education that was suspended or terminated for certain reasons shall not be charged against the entitlement of the individual, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short 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Affairs.","date":"2024-05-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-03-23","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill provides that an individual's Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits must not be charged for a course or program if the VA determines the individual could not complete the course or program because (1) it was suspended or terminated due to information collected as part of a VA risk-based survey, or (2) the Department of Education has determined the educational institution committed an actionable act or omission that had a detrimental effect on direct loan borrowers."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also provides that as a condition of the approval of a course or program of education, an educational institution offering the course or program must agree to repay to the VA all educational assistance amounts if the institution closes or suspends or terminates a course or program because the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Education determined there was fraud."}],"words":143},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends title 38, United States Code, to let the Department of Veterans Affairs restore education benefit entitlement to individuals affected by institutions that violate certain advertising, sales and enrollment prohibitions, and to require those institutions to repay the Department.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#H07CB84E8721844CFB67E5BEA60AF15B6"}]},"core_areas":["Restoration of Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance entitlement","Repayment of educational assistance by institutions that violate advertising, sales and enrollment rules","Disapproval and reinstatement of institutions' courses and programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Secretary to decide that educational assistance paid to an affected individual is not charged against the individual's entitlement or counted against the limit on total months of assistance, after a final determination that the institution violated certain prohibitions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#H07CB84E8721844CFB67E5BEA60AF15B6"}},{"text":"Requires an institution found in a final determination to have violated certain prohibitions to repay the Secretary all educational assistance paid to it for individuals who pursued a course or program there during the violation period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#H07CB84E8721844CFB67E5BEA60AF15B6"}},{"text":"Makes agreement to make that repayment a condition of the approval of a course or program of education under chapter 36 of title 38.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#H07CB84E8721844CFB67E5BEA60AF15B6"}},{"text":"Requires the Under Secretary for Benefits to set up a process to determine the repayment amount, with defined factors, notice to the institution or owner, and a way for them to submit information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#H07CB84E8721844CFB67E5BEA60AF15B6"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to disapprove an institution's courses and programs until it repays the amount owed, and adds repayment as a condition of reinstating approval.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#H07CB84E8721844CFB67E5BEA60AF15B6"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh#HACFD87E38BF844D9AAFA67797602E75D"},"heading":"Modification of certain housing loan fees","effect":"Changes the date \"November 15, 2031\" to \"November 29, 2031\" each place it appears in the housing loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, a subject separate from education benefit restoration.","amount":null,"quote":"The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “November 15, 2031” each place it appears and inserting “November 29, 2031”."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-04-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1767/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1767.png","v":"440b2e3193c5","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1767, 118th Congress: Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act. House: 406 Yea, 6 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Apr 2024."}}