,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ai1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,larsen of ,washington 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs to make certain   
records available to educational        
institutions where veterans or persons  
receiving educational assistance under  
the laws administered by the ,secretary 
are enrolled1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,veterans ,education            
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,availability  
of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
records to educational institutions in  
which veterans or persons receiving     
educational assistance under the laws   
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs are enrolled  7a7 ,in
 general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #cf

 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new section3  #cfii4          
,availability of records to educational 
institutions ,the ,secretary shall      
provide to any veteran or person who    
receives educational assistance under   
the laws administered by the ,secretary 
the option of making the veteran's or   
person's relevant records maintained by 
the ,secretary1 including information   
about the amount of educational         
assistance to which the veteran or      
person is entitled1 available through an
 ,internet website to the educational   
institution that provides the course of 
education in which the veteran or person
 is enrolled4 ,the ,secretary shall take
 such steps as may be necessary to      
ensure that--  7#a7 an educational      
institution to which such records are   
made available enters into an agreement 
with the ,secretary under which the     
institution agrees that such records    
will only be made available for the     

purpose of counseling the veteran or    
person in making decisions related to   
the veteran's or person's education2 and
  7#b7 no unauthorized person is given  
access to any record made available to  
an educational institution under this   
section1 including by requiring the use 
of passwords and other appropriate      
mechanisms for restricting access to the
 records by unauthorized persons4  4    
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such subchapter
 the following new item3  #cfii4        
,availability of records to educational 
institutions4  4