To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational institutions.

This bill eliminates the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational institutions.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3023 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3023

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the authority of 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational 
                             institutions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2017

 Mr. Russell 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 eliminate the authority of 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational 
                             institutions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF PAYMENT OF REPORTING FEES TO EDUCATIONAL 
              INSTITUTIONS BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3684 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b).
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--The heading for such section is 
        amended by striking ``; reporting fee''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 36 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 3684 and inserting the following 
        new item:

``3684. Reports by veterans, eligible persons, and institutions.''.
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