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H.R. 2523, THRIVE Act (April 14, 2021)

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H.R. 2523, the Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act (THRIVE Act), was introduced in the House of Representatives April 14, 2021, by Mr. Levin of California and Mr. Bost. It was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget. Section 2 amends section 8006 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on the COVID–19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program. Further sections cover information the Department of Veterans Affairs provides about postsecondary educational institutions, a delay of an effective date for a limitation on colocation and administration of State approving agencies, and a determination of budgetary effects.

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                                                                     117TH CONGRESS
                                                                        1ST SESSION
                                                                                                           H. R. 2523
                                                                     To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve the COVID–
                                                                         19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program, to make certain tech-
                                                                         nical corrections to the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans
                                                                         Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, and for other
                                                                         purposes.




                                                                                   IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                      APRIL 14, 2021
                                                                     Mr. LEVIN of California (for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following
                                                                         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in
                                                                         addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently
                                                                         determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
                                                                         sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned




                                                                                                               A BILL
                                                                     To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve
                                                                         the COVID–19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance pro-
                                                                         gram, to make certain technical corrections to the John-
                                                                         ny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health
                                                                         Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, and for
                                                                         other purposes.

                                                                       1               Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                       2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,




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                                                                       1     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                       2               This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Training in High-de-
                                                                       3 mand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act’’ or the
                                                                       4 ‘‘THRIVE Act’’.
                                                                       5     SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO COVID–19 VETERAN RAPID RE-

                                                                       6                             TRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

                                                                       7               Section 8006 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
                                                                       8 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amended—
                                                                       9                        (1) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (c)
                                                                     10                and inserting the following new paragraph (3):
                                                                     11                         ‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF HIGH-DEMAND OCCU-
                                                                     12                PATIONS.—

                                                                     13                                  ‘‘(A) INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.—In car-
                                                                     14                         rying out this section, the Secretary shall use
                                                                     15                         the list of high-demand occupations prepared in
                                                                     16                         conjunction with the Secretary of Labor.
                                                                     17                                  ‘‘(B) MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary of
                                                                     18                         Veterans Affairs may add and remove occupa-
                                                                     19                         tions from the list under subparagraph (A) as
                                                                     20                         the Secretary determines appropriate.’’;
                                                                     21                         (2) in subsection (d)(3)—
                                                                     22                                  (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                                                                     23                         (A), by inserting ‘‘(other than such a program
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                                                                       1                        gram of education under the retraining assist-
                                                                       2                        ance program under this section’’; and
                                                                       3                                 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘less
                                                                       4                        than a half-time basis’’ and inserting ‘‘a half-
                                                                       5                        time basis or less’’;
                                                                       6                        (3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
                                                                       7               (h) as subsections (k), (l), and (m), respectively;
                                                                       8                        (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
                                                                       9               lowing new subsections:
                                                                     10                ‘‘(f) EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Vet-
                                                                     11 erans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor,
                                                                     12 shall contact each veteran who pursues a covered program
                                                                     13 of education under this section—
                                                                     14                         ‘‘(1) not later than 30 days after the date on
                                                                     15                which the veteran begins the program of education
                                                                     16                to notify the veteran of the availability of employ-
                                                                     17                ment placement services upon completion of the pro-
                                                                     18                gram; and
                                                                     19                         ‘‘(2) not later than 14 days after the date on
                                                                     20                which the veteran completes, or terminates partici-
                                                                     21                pation in, such program to facilitate the provision of
                                                                     22                employment placement services to such veteran.
                                                                     23                ‘‘(g) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—
                                                                     24                         ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans



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                                                                       1               understanding with one or more qualified nonprofit
                                                                       2               organizations for the purpose of facilitating the em-
                                                                       3               ployment of veterans who participate in the retrain-
                                                                       4               ing assistance program under this section.
                                                                       5                        ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—
                                                                       6               For purposes of this subsection, a qualified non-
                                                                       7               profit organization is a nonprofit organization
                                                                       8               that—
                                                                       9                                 ‘‘(A) is an association of businesses; and
                                                                     10                                  ‘‘(B) has at least two years of experience
                                                                     11                         providing job placement services for veterans.
                                                                     12                ‘‘(h) FOLLOW UP OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Vet-
                                                                     13 erans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor,
                                                                     14 shall contact each veteran who completes a covered pro-
                                                                     15 gram of education under the retraining assistance pro-
                                                                     16 gram under this section 30, 60, 90, and 180 days after
                                                                     17 the veteran completes such program of education to ask
                                                                     18 the veteran about the experience of the veteran in the re-
                                                                     19 training assistance program and the veteran’s employment
                                                                     20 status.
                                                                     21                ‘‘(i) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than the date
                                                                     22 that is one year after the date of the enactment of this
                                                                     23 Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall
                                                                     24 submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-



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                                                                       1 following information about veterans who participate in
                                                                       2 the retraining assistance program under this section:
                                                                       3                        ‘‘(1) The percentage of such veterans who
                                                                       4               found employment before the end of the second cal-
                                                                       5               endar quarter after exiting the program.
                                                                       6                        ‘‘(2) The percentage of such veterans who
                                                                       7               found employment before the end of the fourth cal-
                                                                       8               endar quarter after exiting the program.
                                                                       9                        ‘‘(3) The median earnings of all such veterans
                                                                     10                for the second quarter after exiting the program.
                                                                     11                         ‘‘(4) The percentage of such veterans who at-
                                                                     12                tain a recognized postsecondary credential during
                                                                     13                the 12-month period after exiting the program.
                                                                     14                ‘‘(j) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later
                                                                     15 than 180 days after the termination of the retraining as-
                                                                     16 sistance program under subsection (l), the Comptroller
                                                                     17 General shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
                                                                     18 fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
                                                                     19 on the outcomes and effectiveness of the program.’’;
                                                                     20                         (5) in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by
                                                                     21                striking ‘‘No retraining assistance may be paid
                                                                     22                under this section after the date that is 21 months
                                                                     23                after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
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                                                                       1               this section for a covered program of education that
                                                                       2               begins on or after December 11, 2022’’;
                                                                       3                        (6) in subsection (m), as so redesignated, by in-
                                                                       4               serting at the end the following new sentences:
                                                                       5               ‘‘Amounts made available to carry out this section
                                                                       6               shall be deposited in the Department of Veterans Af-
                                                                       7               fairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjust-
                                                                       8               ment Benefits account. If any amounts so appro-
                                                                       9               priated are deposited into a different account of the
                                                                     10                Department, the Secretary shall transfer an amount
                                                                     11                equal to such deposited amounts from the account to
                                                                     12                which the amounts were deposited to the Depart-
                                                                     13                ment of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Admin-
                                                                     14                istration, Readjustment Benefits account. Not more
                                                                     15                than $386,000,000 may be obligated or expended to
                                                                     16                carry out this section.’’; and
                                                                     17                         (7) by adding at the end the following new sub-
                                                                     18                section:
                                                                     19                ‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
                                                                     20                         ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered public health emer-
                                                                     21                gency’ means the declaration—
                                                                     22                                  ‘‘(A) of a public health emergency, based
                                                                     23                         on an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary
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                                                                       1                        319 of the Public Health Service Act (42
                                                                       2                        U.S.C. 247d); or
                                                                       3                                 ‘‘(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an
                                                                       4                        outbreak of COVID–19 by the President, the
                                                                       5                        Secretary of Homeland Security, or State, or
                                                                       6                        local authority.
                                                                       7                        ‘‘(2) The term ‘veteran’ means—
                                                                       8                                 ‘‘(A) a person who served in the active
                                                                       9                        military, naval, or air service, and who was dis-
                                                                     10                         charged or released therefrom under conditions
                                                                     11                         other than dishonorable; or
                                                                     12                                  ‘‘(B) a member of a reserve component of
                                                                     13                         the Armed Forces who performs active service
                                                                     14                         for a period of 30 days or longer by reason of
                                                                     15                         the covered public health emergency.
                                                                     16                         ‘‘(3) The term ‘active service’ has the meaning
                                                                     17                given such term in section 101 of title 10, United
                                                                     18                States Code.’’.
                                                                     19      SEC. 3. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET-

                                                                     20                              ERANS            AFFAIRS           ABOUT            POSTSECONDARY

                                                                     21                              EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

                                                                     22                (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—
                                                                     23 Subsection (c) of section 3698 of title 38, United States
                                                                     24 Code, is amended—



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                                                                       1                                 (A) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
                                                                       2                        end;
                                                                       3                                 (B) in clause (xii), by striking the period
                                                                       4                        and inserting a semicolon; and
                                                                       5                                 (C) by adding at the end the following new
                                                                       6                        clauses:
                                                                       7                                 ‘‘(xiii) whether the institution is listed on
                                                                       8                        the College Navigator website as affiliated with
                                                                       9                        a religion and, if so, which religious denomina-
                                                                     10                         tion;
                                                                     11                                  ‘‘(xiv) whether the Secretary of Education
                                                                     12                         or other head of a department or agency of the
                                                                     13                         Federal Government has determined that the
                                                                     14                         institution is a minority serving institution and,
                                                                     15                         if so, which one or more types of minority serv-
                                                                     16                         ing institutions; and
                                                                     17                                  ‘‘(xv) whether the institution is gender spe-
                                                                     18                         cific.’’; and
                                                                     19                         (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
                                                                     20                following new sentence: ‘‘To the extent practicable,
                                                                     21                the Secretary shall ensure that such information is
                                                                     22                provided in a searchable format.’’.
                                                                     23                (b) DEFINITION.—Subsection (f) of such section is
                                                                     24 amended by adding at the end the following new para-



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                                                                       1                        ‘‘(3) The term ‘College Navigator website’ has
                                                                       2               the meaning given that term in section 132 of the
                                                                       3               Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1015a).
                                                                       4                        ‘‘(4) The term ‘minority serving institution’
                                                                       5               means any of the following:
                                                                       6                                 ‘‘(A) A part B institution, as such term is
                                                                       7                        defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu-
                                                                       8                        cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)).
                                                                       9                                 ‘‘(B) A Hispanic-serving institution, as
                                                                     10                         such term is defined in section 502(a)(5) of
                                                                     11                         such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5)).
                                                                     12                                  ‘‘(C) A Tribal College or University, as
                                                                     13                         such term is defined in section 316(b)(3) of
                                                                     14                         such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3)).
                                                                     15                                  ‘‘(D) A predominantly Black institution, as
                                                                     16                         such term is defined in section 318(b)(6) of
                                                                     17                         such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059e(b)(6)).
                                                                     18                                  ‘‘(E) A Native American-serving, nontribal
                                                                     19                         institution, as such term is defined in section
                                                                     20                         319(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)(6)).
                                                                     21                                  ‘‘(F) An Alaska Native-serving institution
                                                                     22                         or Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as such
                                                                     23                         terms are defined in section 317(b) of such Act
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                                                                       1                                 ‘‘(G) An Asian American and Native
                                                                       2                        American Pacific Islander-serving institution, as
                                                                       3                        such term is defined in section 320(b) of such
                                                                       4                        Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).’’.
                                                                       5               (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this
                                                                       6 section shall apply with respect to the information pro-
                                                                       7 vided under section 3698 of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                       8 beginning on the date that is two years after the date of
                                                                       9 the enactment of this Act.
                                                                     10      SEC. 4. DELAY OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR LIMITATION ON

                                                                     11                              COLOCATION                   AND          ADMINISTRATION           OF

                                                                     12                              STATE APPROVING AGENCIES.

                                                                     13                Section 1024 of the Johnny Isakson and David P.
                                                                     14 Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-
                                                                     15 ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended to
                                                                     16 read as follows:
                                                                     17      ‘‘SEC. 1024. LIMITATION ON COLOCATION AND ADMINIS-

                                                                     18                              TRATION OF STATE APPROVING AGENCIES.

                                                                     19                ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3671 of title 38, United
                                                                     20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
                                                                     21 lowing new subsection:
                                                                     22                ‘‘ ‘(c) The Secretary may not recognize a State de-
                                                                     23 partment or agency as the State approving agency for a
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                                                                       1 or university system that offers courses or programs of
                                                                       2 education that are subject to approval under this chapter
                                                                       3 by the State approving agency for that State.’.
                                                                       4               ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
                                                                       5 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one
                                                                       6 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.’’.
                                                                       7     SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF TREATMENT

                                                                       8                             OF CERTAIN FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL IN-

                                                                       9                             STITUTIONS.

                                                                     10                (a) CLARIFICATION.—Section 1022(c) of the Johnny
                                                                     11 Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care
                                                                     12 and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–
                                                                     13 315) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or the conversion of a
                                                                     14 for-profit educational institution to a public educational
                                                                     15 institution,’’ after ‘‘nonprofit educational institution’’.
                                                                     16                (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
                                                                     17 subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment
                                                                     18 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans
                                                                     19 Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Pub-
                                                                     20 lic Law 116–315).




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                                                                       1     SEC. 6. CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING REQUIREMENTS FOR

                                                                       2                             EDUCATIONAL                       INSTITUTIONS                     PARTICI-

                                                                       3                             PATING IN THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

                                                                       4                             PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-

                                                                       5                             ERANS AFFAIRS.

                                                                       6               Subsection (f) of section 3679 of title 38, United
                                                                       7 States Code, as added by section 1018 of the Johnny Isak-
                                                                       8 son and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and
                                                                       9 Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315),
                                                                     10 is amended—
                                                                     11                         (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by inserting ‘‘, to the
                                                                     12                maximum extent practicable,’’ after ‘‘including’’;
                                                                     13                         (2) in paragraph (2)—
                                                                     14                                  (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                                                                     15                         (A), by inserting ‘‘, or any person with whom
                                                                     16                         the institution has an agreement to provide
                                                                     17                         educational programs, marketing, advertising,
                                                                     18                         recruiting or admissions services,’’ after ‘‘edu-
                                                                     19                         cational institution’’;
                                                                     20                                  (B) in paragraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘1-
                                                                     21                         month’’ and inserting ‘‘one-month’’; and
                                                                     22                                  (C) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
                                                                     23                         serting the following new subparagraph (B):
                                                                     24                         ‘‘(B) Provides a commission, bonus, or other in-




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                                                                       1               persons or entities engaged in any student recruiting
                                                                       2               or admission activities or in making decisions re-
                                                                       3               garding the award of student financial assistance.’’;
                                                                       4                        (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking clause (ii)
                                                                       5               and inserting the following new clauses:
                                                                       6                        ‘‘(ii) Suspending the approval of the courses
                                                                       7               and programs of education offered by the edu-
                                                                       8               cational institution by disapproving new enrollments
                                                                       9               of eligible veterans and eligible persons in each
                                                                     10                course or program of education offered by that edu-
                                                                     11                cational institution.
                                                                     12                         ‘‘(iii) Revoking the approval of the courses and
                                                                     13                programs of education offered by the educational in-
                                                                     14                stitution by disapproving all enrollments of eligible
                                                                     15                veterans and eligible persons in each course or pro-
                                                                     16                gram of education offered by that educational insti-
                                                                     17                tution’’; and
                                                                     18                         (4) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘1-aca-
                                                                     19                demic-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘one-academic-year
                                                                     20                period’’.
                                                                     21      SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

                                                                     22                (a) TITLE 38.—Title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                     23 amended as follows:
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                                                                       1               M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-
                                                                       2               ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315), is redesig-
                                                                       3               nated as section 1166 and transferred so as to ap-
                                                                       4               pear after section 1165 (and the table of sections at
                                                                       5               the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is con-
                                                                       6               formed accordingly).
                                                                       7                        (2) Subsection (l) of section 3313, as added by
                                                                       8               section 1010 of such Act (as effective on August 1,
                                                                       9               2021), is amended to read as follows:
                                                                     10                ‘‘(l) VERIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT.—
                                                                     11                         ‘‘(1) IN         GENERAL.—The                      Secretary shall re-
                                                                     12                quire—
                                                                     13                                  ‘‘(A) each educational institution to submit
                                                                     14                         to the Secretary verification of each individual
                                                                     15                         who is enrolled in a course or program of edu-
                                                                     16                         cation at the educational institution and is re-
                                                                     17                         ceiving educational assistance under this chap-
                                                                     18                         ter—
                                                                     19                                          ‘‘(i) not later than such time as the
                                                                     20                                  Secretary determines reasonable after the
                                                                     21                                  date on which the individual is enrolled;
                                                                     22                                  and
                                                                     23                                          ‘‘(ii) not later than such time as the
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                                                                       1                                 withdraw from the course or program of
                                                                       2                                 education without penalty; and
                                                                       3                                 ‘‘(B) each individual who is enrolled in a
                                                                       4                        course or program of education and is receiving
                                                                       5                        educational assistance under this chapter to
                                                                       6                        submit to the Secretary verification of such en-
                                                                       7                        rollment for each month during which the indi-
                                                                       8                        vidual is so enrolled and receiving such edu-
                                                                       9                        cational assistance.
                                                                     10                         ‘‘(2) FORM                OF        VERIFICATION.—Verification

                                                                     11                under this subsection shall be in an electronic form
                                                                     12                prescribed by the Secretary.
                                                                     13                         ‘‘(3) FAILURE TO SUBMIT VERIFICATION.—If
                                                                     14                an individual fails to submit the verification required
                                                                     15                under paragraph (1)(B) for two consecutive months,
                                                                     16                the Secretary may not make a monthly housing sti-
                                                                     17                pend payment to the individual under this section
                                                                     18                until the individual submits such verification.’’.
                                                                     19                         (3) Section 3673A, as added by section 1013 of
                                                                     20                such Act, is amended—
                                                                     21                                  (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘search-
                                                                     22                         able’’; and
                                                                     23                                  (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘search-
                                                                     24                         able’’ before ‘‘database’’.



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                                                                       1                        (4) The subsection (f) of section 3679, as added
                                                                       2               by section 1017 of such Act, is redesignated as para-
                                                                       3               graph (3) of subsection (a) of such section 3679 and
                                                                       4               is transferred so as to appear after paragraph (2) of
                                                                       5               such subsection.
                                                                       6                        (5) Section 3696(g)(4)(A)(iii)(III), as amended
                                                                       7               by section 1020 of such Act, is amended by striking
                                                                       8               ‘‘paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection’’ and inserting
                                                                       9               ‘‘paragraph (3)’’.
                                                                     10                (b) JOHNNY ISAKSON AND DAVID P. ROE, M.D. VET-
                                                                     11      ERANS HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT

                                                                     12      OF 2020.—The Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D.

                                                                     13 Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of
                                                                     14 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended as follows:
                                                                     15                         (1) In section 1013(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘of title
                                                                     16                38’’ after ‘‘of chapter 36’’.
                                                                     17                         (2) In section 2205(c)—
                                                                     18                                  (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EFFEC-
                                                                     19                         TIVE       DATE’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLICABILITY’’;
                                                                     20                         and
                                                                     21                                  (B) by striking ‘‘the date that is two years
                                                                     22                         after the date of the enactment of this Act’’
                                                                     23                         and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment of this
                                                                     24                         Act and shall apply with respect to grants ap-



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                                                                       1                        two years after the date of the enactment of
                                                                       2                        this Act.’’
                                                                       3                        (3) In section 4101(b), by striking ‘‘sub-
                                                                       4               chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’.
                                                                       5                        (4) In section 5501—
                                                                       6                                 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘of
                                                                       7                        such title’’ and inserting ‘‘of title 38, United
                                                                       8                        States Code’’; and
                                                                       9                                 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section
                                                                     10                         1164’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sec-
                                                                     11                         tion 1166’’.
                                                                     12      SEC. 8. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

                                                                     13                The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of
                                                                     14 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010,
                                                                     15 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement
                                                                     16 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this
                                                                     17 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record
                                                                     18 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
                                                                     19 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the
                                                                     20 vote on passage.
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