Test Prep for Heroes Act

Test Prep for Heroes Act - Authorizes the use of entitlement assistance under the Post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program for payment for a test preparatory course in connection with licensing or certification in a vocation or profession.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3948 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3948

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for entitlement under 
   the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program to payment for test 
              preparatory courses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2009

   Mr. Putnam (for himself, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
   Miller of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Kosmas, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
 Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ms. Ginny 
 Brown-Waite of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
 Wexler, Mr. Posey, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
Campbell, Mr. Baca, Mr. Teague, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Snyder, and Mr. Lee 
 of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for entitlement under 
   the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program to payment for test 
              preparatory courses, 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 ``Test Prep for Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR TEST PREPARATORY COURSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 3315 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``and one test preparatory course'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``total'' before ``amount 
                payable'';
                    (B) by inserting ``and test preparatory course'' 
                after ``licensing or certification test''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``aggregate amount equal 
                        to the'' before ``fee''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``plus the fee charged 
                        for the test preparatory course'' after ``the 
                        test''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Test Preparatory Course Defined.--In this section, the term 
`test preparatory course' means--
            ``(1) a preparatory course for a test that is required or 
        used for admission to an institution of higher education;
            ``(2) or a preparatory course for a test that is required 
        or used for admission to a graduate school.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Heading.--The heading for section 3315 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``tests'' the 
        following: ``; test preparatory courses''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table or sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 33 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 3315 and inserting the following:

``3315. Licensure and certification tests; test preparatory courses.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect [_____].
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