{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-3981","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 3981","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the methods by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs conducts oversight of certain educational institutions, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the methods by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs conducts oversight of certain educational institutions, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Veterans Education Oversight Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-06-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-09-18","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h392","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act","result":"Passed","yea":410,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll392.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":"2023-09-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-09-18","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires educational institutions to notify state approving agencies or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) within 30 days of becoming subject to certain unfavorable actions as a condition of approval for VA educational assistance purposes. For example, a reportable event would include punitive action taken against an educational institution by a state or federal agency."},{"k":"p","t":"Institutions that are applying to have nonaccredited courses of education approved for purposes of VA educational assistance must also agree to notify the state approving agency or the VA within 30 days of the institution becoming subject to an unfavorable action."},{"k":"p","t":"The state approving agency or the VA must take specified disciplinary action (e.g., revocation of the approval of courses and programs by an institution) if an institution does not comply with the notification requirements prescribed by this bill."},{"k":"p","t":"The VA must establish a database within 180 days of the enactment of this bill for risk-based surveys, which deal with the oversight of educational institutions with courses and programs of education approved for purposes of VA educational assistance."}],"words":180},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends title 38 of the United States Code to require educational institutions with courses approved for Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance to notify approving agencies of certain actions or events, and sets a deadline for a risk-based surveys database.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#H1463306E02324EC6BDCF38CD43D02653"}]},"core_areas":["Notification duties of institutions with VA-approved courses","Suspension of approval of courses for noncompliance","Deadline for the Department of Veterans Affairs risk-based surveys database"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a condition of approval requiring an educational institution to notify the State approving agency, or the Secretary acting in that role, within 30 days after it becomes subject to an action or event described in section 3673(e)(3) of title 38.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#H1463306E02324EC6BDCF38CD43D02653"}},{"text":"Adds the same 30-day notification condition to the requirements for approval of nonaccredited courses, in the form and with the information the Secretary determines appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#H1463306E02324EC6BDCF38CD43D02653"}},{"text":"Adds failure to comply with these notification requirements, when applicable, as an additional ground for suspension of approval.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#H1463306E02324EC6BDCF38CD43D02653"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the database required under section 3673A(c) of title 38 no later than 180 days after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#H1463306E02324EC6BDCF38CD43D02653"}},{"text":"Renumbers paragraphs of section 3676(c) of title 38 and updates cross-references in sections 3672, 3675, 3679 and 3680A to match the new numbering.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#H1463306E02324EC6BDCF38CD43D02653"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text/eh#HFDF917E1BFE04C789640C41B5EE32AEF"},"heading":"Short title","effect":"Gives the Act a short title that consists of two surnames, \"Isakson-Roe\", followed by \"Education Oversight Expansion Act\".","amount":null,"quote":"This Act may be cited as the “Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act”."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-09-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/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/3981","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3981/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-3981.png","v":"93349be3fa4e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3981, 118th Congress: Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act. House: 410 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Sep 2023."}}