Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part III · Chapter 36 — Administration of Educational Benefits
§ 3699A. Provision of certain information to educational institutions
Statutory text
In General.—
For each veteran or other individual pursuing a course of education that has been approved under this chapter using educational assistance to which the veteran or other individual is entitled under chapter 30, 32, 33, or 35 of this title, the Secretary shall make available to the educational institution offering the course information about the amount of such educational assistance to which the veteran or other individual is entitled. Such information shall be provided to such educational institution through a secure information technology system accessible by the educational institution and shall be regularly updated to reflect any amounts used by the veteran or other individual.
Election.—
A veteran or other individual pursuing a course of education described in subsection (a) may elect not to provide the information described in such subsection to an educational institution in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
Pub. L. 115–48 title III § 308(a) · 131 Stat. 973
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 3699A
(Added Pub. L. 115–48, title III, § 308(a), Aug. 16, 2017, 131 Stat. 994.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 115–48, title III, § 308(a), Aug. 16, 2017, 131 Stat. 994.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Subchapter II of chapter 36 is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 3699A. Provision of certain information to educational institutions “(a) In General.— For each veteran or other individual pursuing a course of education that has been approved under this chapter using educational assistance to which the veteran or other individual is entitled under chapter 30, 32, 33, or 35 of this title, the Secretary shall make available to the educational institution offering the course information about the amount of such educational assistance to which the veteran or other individual is entitled. Updates. Such information shall be provided to such educational institution through a secure information technology system accessible by the educational institution and shall be regularly updated to reflect any amounts used by the veteran or other individual. “(b) Election.— A veteran or other individual pursuing a course of education described in subsection (a) may elect not to provide the information described in such subsection to an educational institution in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.” .
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 115–48, title III, § 308(c), , 131 Stat. 994, provided that: “Section 3699A of title 38, United States Code, as added by this section, shall take effect on .”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 115–48, title III, § 308(a), , 131 Stat. 994.)