,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cacj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #be1     
#bjah ,ms4 ,warren 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,boozman1 and ,mr4 ,tester7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide for the disapproval of any   
course of education for purposes of the 
educational assistance programs of the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs unless
 the educational institution providing  
the course permits individuals to attend
 or participate in courses pending      
payment by ,department1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,servicemembers     
,improved ,transition through ,reforms  
for ,ensuring ,progress ,act of #bjah or
 the ,,sit-,,rep ,act of #bjah4  #b4    
,disapproval for purposes of educational
 assistance programs of ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs of certain courses of

 education that do not permit           
individuals to attend or participate in 
courses pending payment  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #cfgi of title #ch1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   
7e7 7#a7 ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of this chapter1 beginning on 
,august #a1 #bjah1 a ,state approving   
agency1 or the ,secretary when acting in
 the role of the ,state approving       
agency1 shall disapprove a course of    
education provided by an educational    
institution that has in effect a policy 
that is inconsistent with any of the    
following3  7,a7 ,a policy that permits 
any covered individual to attend or     
participate in the course of education  
during the period beginning on the date 
on which the individual provides to the 
educational institution a certificate of
 eligibility for entitlement to         
educational assistance under chapter #ca
 or #cc of this title and ending on the 
earlier of the following dates3  7i7    

,the date on which the ,secretary       
provides payment for such course of     
education to such institution4  7ii7    
,the date that is #ij days after the    
date on which the educational           
institution certifies for tuition and   
fees following receipt from the student 
such certificate of eligibility4  7,b7  
,a policy that ensures that the         
educational institution will not impose 
any penalty1 including the assessment of
 late fees1 the denial of access to     
classes1 libraries1 or other            
institutional facilities1 or the        
requirement that a covered individual   
borrow additional funds1 on any covered 
individual because of the individual's  
inability to meet his or her financial  
obligations to the institution due to   
the delayed disbursement of a payment to
 be provided by the ,secretary under    
chapter #ca or #cc of this title4  7#b7 
,for purposes of this subsection1 a     
covered individual is any individual who
 is entitled to educational assistance  

under chapter #ca or #cc of this title4 
7#c7 ,the ,secretary may waive such     
requirements of paragraph 7#a7 as the   
,secretary considers appropriate4  4    
7b7 ,prompt payments  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall take such actions as may be       
necessary to ensure that the ,secretary 
makes a payment to an educational       
institution on behalf of an individual1 
who is entitled to educational          
assistance under chapter #ca or #cc of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 and   
who is using such assistance to pursue a
 program of education at the educational
 institution1 not later than #fj days   
after the date on which the educational 
institution certifies to the ,secretary 
the applicable tuition and fees for the 
individual4  7#b7 ,semiannual reports   
,not later than ,may #a and ,october #a 
of each year1 the ,secretary shall      
submit to the ,committee on ,veterans'  
,affairs of the ,senate and the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the

 ,house of ,representatives a semiannual
 report summarizing any cases in which  
the ,secretary failed to make a payment 
described in paragraph 7#a7 within the  
period set forth in such paragraph and  
an explanation for each delayed         
disbursement of payment4  7c7 ,rule of  
construction ,in a case in which an     
individual is unable to meet his or her 
financial obligation to an educational  
institution due to the delayed          
disbursement of a payment to be provided
 by the ,secretary under chapter #ca or 
#cc of such title and the amount of such
 disbursement is less than anticipated1 
nothing in section #cfgi7;e7 of such    
title1 as added by subsection 7a71 shall
 be construed to prohibit an educational
 institution from requiring additional  
payment or imposing a fee for the amount
 that is the difference between the     
amount of the financial obligation and  
the amount of the disbursement4