,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,bilirakis 7for himself and ,mrs4      
,kirkpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to enter into a      
contract with a non-government entity to
 conduct a survey of individuals who    
have used or are using their entitlement
 to educational assistance under the    
educational assistance programs         
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans ,education
 ,survey ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,survey of 
individuals using their entitlement to  
educational assistance under the        
educational assistance programs         
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,survey required
 ,by not later than #ahj days after the 

date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
enter into a contract with a            
non-government entity for the conduct of
 a survey of a statistically valid      
sample of individuals who have used or  
are using their entitlement to          
educational assistance under chapters   
#cj1 #cb1 #cc1 and #ce of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 to pursue a      
program of education or training4 ,the  
contract shall provide that--  7#a7 not 
later than one month before the         
collection of data under the survey     
begins1 the survey shall be submitted to
 the ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs 
of the ,senate and ,house of            
,representatives2  7#b7 the             
non-government entity shall complete the
 survey and submit to the ,secretary the
 results of the survey by not later than
 #ahj days after entering into the      
contract2 and  7#c7 the survey shall be 
conducted by electronic means and by any
 other means the non-government entity  

determines appropriate4  7b7            
,information ,to be collected ,the      
contract under subsection 7a7 shall     
provide that the survey shall be        
designed to collect the following types 
of information about each individual    
surveyed1 where applicable3  7#a7       
,demographic information1 including the 
highest level of education completed by 
the individual1 the military            
occupational specialty or specialties of
 the individual while serving on active 
duty as a member of the ,armed ,forces  
or as a member of the ,national ,guard  
or of a ,reserve ,component of the      
,armed ,forces1 and whether the         
individual has a service-connected      
disability4  7#b7 ,the opinion of the   
individual regarding participation in   
the transition assistance program under 
section #aadd of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 and the effectiveness of 
the program1 including instruction on   
the use of the benefits under laws      
administered by the ,secretary of       

,veterans ,affairs4  7#c7 ,the resources
 the individual used to help the        
individual--  7,a7 decide to use the    
individual's entitlement to educational 
assistance to enroll in a program of    
education or training2 and  7,b7 choose 
the program of education or training the
 individual pursued4  7#d7 ,the         
individual's goal when the individual   
enrolled in the program of education or 
training4  7#e7 ,the nature of the      
individual's experience with the        
education benefits processing system of 
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  
7#f7 ,the nature of the individual's    
experience with the school certifying   
official of the educational institution 
where the individual pursued the program
 of education or training who processed 
the individual's claim4  7#g7 ,any      
services or benefits the educational    
institution or program of education or  
training provided to veterans while the 
individual pursued the program of       
education or training4  7#h7 ,the type  

of educational institution at which the 
individual pursued the program of       
education or training4  7#i7 ,whether   
the individual completed the program of 
education or training or the number of  
credit hours completed by the individual
 as of the time of the survey1 and1 if  
applicable1 any degree or certificate   
obtained by the individual for          
completing the program4  7#aj7 ,the     
employment status of the individual and 
whether such employment status differs  
from the employment status of the       
individual prior to enrolling in the    
program of education or training4  7#aa7
 ,whether the individual is or was      
enrolled in a program of education on a 
full-time or part-time basis4  7#ab7    
,the opinion of the individual on the   
effectiveness of the educational        
assistance program of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs under which the     
individual was entitled to educational  
assistance4  7#ac7 ,whether the         
individual was ever entitled to a       

rehabilitation under chapter #ca of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 and   
whether the individual participated in  
such a program4  7#ad7 ,such other      
matters as the ,secretary determines    
appropriate4  7c7 ,report ,not later    
than #ij days after receiving the       
results of the survey required under    
this section1 the ,secretary shall      
submit to the ,committees on ,veterans' 
,affairs of the ,senate and ,house of   
,representatives a report on the results
 of the survey and any recommendations  
of the ,secretary relating to such      
results4 ,such report shall also include
 an unedited version of the results of  
the survey submitted by the             
non-government entity that conducted the
 study4