,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,ramirez 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,takano1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 
,ms4 ,budzinski1 ,mr4 ,garca of         
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,frost1 and ,mr4        
,grijalva7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide restoration of
 entitlement to educational assistance  
to individuals defrauded by educational 
institutions receiving payment on behalf
 of such individuals under the laws     
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs and to provide       
repayment of funds to the ,secretary    
from such educational institutions1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,student 
,veteran ,benefit ,restoration ,act of  
#bjbe4  #b4 ,requirements for           
educational institutions that receive   

educational assistance from programs    
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general     
,subchapter ,,iii of chapter #cf of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #cfii;,c4       
,restoration of entitlement for pursuit 
of courses or programs of education at  
certain educational institutions  7a7   
,restoration of entitlement ,the        
,secretary shall determine that any     
payment of covered educational          
assistance for the pursuit by a covered 
individual of a course or program of    
education at an educational institution 
occurring during a period set forth     
under subsection 7b7 is not-- 7#a7      
charged against any entitlement of the  
covered individual to the covered       
educational assistance2 or  7#b7 counted
 against the aggregate period for which 
section #cfie of this title limits the  
receipt of educational assistance by the
 covered individual4  7b7 ,covered      

periods ,a period set forth under this  
subsection with respect to a course or  
program of education pursued by a       
covered individual at an educational    
institution is any of the following3    
7#a7 ,any period1 occurring on or after 
the date of enactment of the ,student   
,veteran ,benefit ,restoration ,act of  
#bjbe1 in which the educational         
institution was not approved by a ,state
 approving agency or the ,secretary     
acting as a ,state approving agency1    
including periods in which an           
educational institution is not approved 
because an approval is revoked4  7#b7   
,any period1 occurring on or after the  
date of enactment of the ,student       
,veteran ,benefit ,restoration ,act of  
#bjbe1 with regards to which the        
,secretary has made a final             
determination that the educational      
institution1 or the owner of the        
educational institution1 was in         
violation during such period of an      
applicable provision of section #cfif of

 this title4  7#c7 ,any period1         
occurring on or after the date of       
enactment of the ,student ,veteran      
,benefit ,restoration ,act of #bjbe1    
during which a court of competent       
jurisdiction found the educational      
institution guilty of1 or liable for1   
fraud4  7#d7 ,any period1 occurring on  
or after the date of enactment of the   
,student ,veteran ,benefit ,restoration 
,act of #bjbe1 during which the         
educational institution was closed by   
the ,department of ,justice on the basis
 of fraud or a violation of a provision 
of ,federal or ,state law4  7#e7 ,any   
period occurring on or after the date of
 enactment of the ,student ,veteran     
,benefit ,restoration ,act of #bjbe--   
7,a7 during which the educational       
institution engaged in fraud2 and  7,b7 
after which the educational institution 
closes4  7c7 ,repayment of funds  7#a7  
,as a condition of the approval of a    
course or program of education under    
this chapter1 the educational           

institution offering the course or      
program shall agree that if the         
educational institution receives payment
 of covered educational assistance for a
 covered individual to pursue a course  
or program of education at the          
educational institution and the         
,secretary1 pursuant to subsection 7a71 
restores to such covered individual some
 portion of the entitlement of the      
covered individual to such covered      
educational assistance1 the educational 
institution shall repay to the          
,secretary the amount of that portion of
 the covered educational assistance that
 the educational institution received   
for that individual4  7#b7 ,in the case 
of an educational institution that has  
been found guilty of1 or liable for1    
fraud by a court of competent           
jurisdiction and is ordered to pay      
financial relief to the ,federal        
,government1 the ,secretary may file a  
claim with the ,department of the       
,treasury for recoupment of all amounts 

of educational assistance received by   
such educational institution pursuant to
 the educational assistance programs    
administered by the ,secretary that the 
,secretary determines were obtained     
through such fraud4  7d7 ,appeals  7#a7 
,the ,secretary shall establish a       
process by which an educational         
institution or the owner of an          
educational institution that is subject 
to a finding by the ,secretary that the 
educational institution is required to  
repay an amount under subsection 7c7 may
 request a review of such finding4  7#b7
 ,the process established pursuant to   
paragraph 7#a7 shall be distinct and    
separate from the process established   
under section #cfif7;i7 of this title4  
7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7
 ,the term covered educational          
assistance means educational assistance 
under chapter #cj1 #ca1 #cb1 #cc1 or #ce
 of this title1 or chapter #afjf or     
#afjg of title #aj4  7#b7 ,the term     
covered individual means a veteran or   

other individual using covered          
educational assistance to pursue a      
course or program of education that has 
been approved under this chapter4  7#c7 
,the term fraud means fraud or another  
false1 misleading1 or deceptive act or  
omission4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment   
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section      
#cfii;,b the following new item3        
#cfii;,c4 ,restoration of entitlement   
for pursuit of courses or programs of   
education at certain educational        
institutions4  4