,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dheb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,torres of ,california       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to require the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs to make available to veterans  
certain additional information about    
postsecondary educational institutions1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,g4,i4 and ,veterans ,education         
,empowerment ,act or the ,,give ,act4   
#b4 ,information provided by ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs about            
postsecondary educational institutions  
7a7 ,additional information ,to be      
provided ,subsection 7c7 of section     
#cfih of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#a77;,c7-- 7,a7 in clause 7xi71 by     
striking and at the end2  7,b7 in clause

 7xii71 by striking the period and      
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,c7 by     
adding at the end the following new     
clauses3  7xiii7 whether the institution
 is listed on the ,college ,navigator   
website as affiliated with a religion   
and1 if so1 which religious             
denomination2  7xiv7 whether the        
,secretary of ,education or other head  
of a department or agency of the        
,federal ,government has determined that
 the institution is a minority serving  
institution and1 if so1 which one or    
more types of minority serving          
institutions2 and  7xv7 whether the     
institution is gender specific4  2 and  
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by adding at the
 end the following new sentence3 ,to the
 extent practicable1 the ,secretary     
shall ensure that such information is   
provided in a searchable format44  7b7  
,definition ,subsection 7f7 of such     
section is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs3  7#c7 ,the
 term ,college ,navigator website has   

the meaning given that term in section  
#acb of the ,higher ,education ,act 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ajae;a74  7#d7 ,the term    
minority serving institution means any  
of the following3 7,a7 ,a part ,b       
institution1 as such term is defined in 
section #cbb7b7 of the ,higher          
,education ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4          
#ajfa7b774  7,b7 ,a ,hispanic-serving   
institution1 as such term is defined in 
section #ejb7;a77#e7 of such ,act 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja;a7#e774  7,c7 ,a ,tribal
 ,college or ,university1 as such term  
is defined in section #caf7;b77#c7 of   
such ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4                
#ajei;c7b77#c774  7,d7 ,a predominantly 
,black institution1 as such term is     
defined in section #cah7;b77#f7 of such 
,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajei;e7b77#f774    
7,e7 ,a ,native ,american-serving1      
nontribal institution1 as such term is  
defined in section #cai7;b77#b7 of such 
,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajei;f7b77#f774    
7,f7 ,an ,alaska ,native-serving        
institution or ,native ,hawaiian-serving

 institution1 as such terms are defined 
in section #cag7;b7 of such ,act 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajei;d7b774  7,g7 ,an ,asian 
,american and ,native ,american ,pacific
 ,islander-serving institution1 as such 
term is defined in section #cbj7;b7 of  
such ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajei;g7b774  4
  7c7 ,application ,the amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect
 to the information provided under      
section #cfih of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 beginning on the date    
that is two years after the date of the 
enactment of this ,act4