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H.R. 2523, THRIVE Act (April 22, 2021)

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H.R. 2523 is an Act received in the Senate on April 22, 2021, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. It would amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve the COVID–19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program. Section 1 gives the short title as the Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act or the THRIVE Act. Section 2 provides that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may add and remove occupations from the list of high-demand occupations. It also requires contact with each veteran who pursues a covered program of education not later than 30 days after the veteran begins it.

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                                                                       117TH CONGRESS
                                                                          1ST SESSION
                                                                                                             H. R. 2523

                                                                                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                        APRIL 22, 2021
                                                                            Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs




                                                                                                               AN ACT
                                                                       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.




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

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

                                                                         8                             TRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

                                                                         9               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8006 of the American
                                                                       10 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amend-
                                                                       11 ed—
                                                                       12                         (1) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (c)
                                                                       13                and inserting the following new paragraph (3):
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF HIGH-DEMAND OCCU-
                                                                       15                PATIONS.—

                                                                       16                                  ‘‘(A) INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.—In car-
                                                                       17                         rying out this section, the Secretary shall use
                                                                       18                         the list of high-demand occupations prepared in
                                                                       19                         conjunction with the Secretary of Labor.
                                                                       20                                  ‘‘(B) MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary of
                                                                       21                         Veterans Affairs may add and remove occupa-
                                                                       22                         tions from the list under subparagraph (A) as
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                                                                         1                                 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                                                                         2                        (A), by inserting ‘‘(other than such a program
                                                                         3                        pursued solely through distance learning on a
                                                                         4                        half-time basis or less)’’ after ‘‘a covered pro-
                                                                         5                        gram of education under the retraining assist-
                                                                         6                        ance program under this section’’; and
                                                                         7                                 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘less
                                                                         8                        than a half-time basis’’ and inserting ‘‘a half-
                                                                         9                        time basis or less’’;
                                                                       10                         (3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
                                                                       11                (h) as subsections (k), (l), and (m), respectively;
                                                                       12                         (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
                                                                       13                lowing new subsections:
                                                                       14                ‘‘(f) EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Vet-
                                                                       15 erans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor,
                                                                       16 shall contact each veteran who pursues a covered program
                                                                       17 of education under this section—
                                                                       18                         ‘‘(1) not later than 30 days after the date on
                                                                       19                which the veteran begins the program of education
                                                                       20                to notify the veteran of the availability of employ-
                                                                       21                ment placement services upon completion of the pro-
                                                                       22                gram; and
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                                                                         1               pation in, such program to facilitate the provision of
                                                                         2               employment placement services to such veteran.
                                                                         3               ‘‘(g) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—
                                                                         4                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans
                                                                         5               Affairs shall seek to enter into a memorandum of
                                                                         6               understanding with one or more qualified nonprofit
                                                                         7               organizations for the purpose of facilitating the em-
                                                                         8               ployment of veterans who participate in the retrain-
                                                                         9               ing assistance program under this section.
                                                                       10                         ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—
                                                                       11                For purposes of this subsection, a qualified non-
                                                                       12                profit organization is a nonprofit organization
                                                                       13                that—
                                                                       14                                  ‘‘(A) is an association of businesses; and
                                                                       15                                  ‘‘(B) has at least two years of experience
                                                                       16                         providing job placement services for veterans.
                                                                       17                ‘‘(h) FOLLOW UP OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Vet-
                                                                       18 erans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor,
                                                                       19 shall contact each veteran who completes a covered pro-
                                                                       20 gram of education under the retraining assistance pro-
                                                                       21 gram under this section 30, 60, 90, and 180 days after
                                                                       22 the veteran completes such program of education to ask
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                                                                         1               ‘‘(i) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than the date
                                                                         2 that is one year after the date of the enactment of this
                                                                         3 Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall
                                                                         4 submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
                                                                         5 ate and House of Representatives a report containing the
                                                                         6 following information about veterans who participate in
                                                                         7 the retraining assistance program under this section:
                                                                         8                        ‘‘(1) The percentage of such veterans who
                                                                         9               found employment before the end of the second cal-
                                                                       10                endar quarter after exiting the program.
                                                                       11                         ‘‘(2) The percentage of such veterans who
                                                                       12                found employment before the end of the fourth cal-
                                                                       13                endar quarter after exiting the program.
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(3) The median earnings of all such veterans
                                                                       15                for the second quarter after exiting the program.
                                                                       16                         ‘‘(4) The percentage of such veterans who at-
                                                                       17                tain a recognized postsecondary credential during
                                                                       18                the 12-month period after exiting the program.
                                                                       19                ‘‘(j) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later
                                                                       20 than 180 days after the termination of the retraining as-
                                                                       21 sistance program under subsection (l), the Comptroller
                                                                       22 General shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
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                                                                         1                        (5) in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by
                                                                         2               striking ‘‘No retraining assistance may be paid
                                                                         3               under this section after the date that is 21 months
                                                                         4               after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
                                                                         5               serting ‘‘No retraining assistance may be paid under
                                                                         6               this section for a covered program of education that
                                                                         7               begins on or after December 11, 2022’’;
                                                                         8                        (6) in subsection (m), as so redesignated, by
                                                                         9               striking the period at the end and inserting the fol-
                                                                       10                lowing: ‘‘, which shall be carried out as if such sec-
                                                                       11                tion were authorized for the payment of readjust-
                                                                       12                ment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of
                                                                       13                veterans under chapters 30, 31, and 41 of title 38,
                                                                       14                United States Code. Not more than $386,000,000
                                                                       15                may be obligated or expended to carry out this sec-
                                                                       16                tion.’’; 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
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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                (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
                                                                       20 subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment
                                                                       21 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law
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                                                                         1     SEC. 3. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET-

                                                                         2                             ERANS            AFFAIRS           ABOUT           POSTSECONDARY

                                                                         3                             EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

                                                                         4               (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—
                                                                         5 Subsection (c) of section 3698 of title 38, United States
                                                                         6 Code, is amended—
                                                                         7                        (1) in paragraph (1)(C)—
                                                                         8                                 (A) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
                                                                         9                        end;
                                                                       10                                  (B) in clause (xii), by striking the period
                                                                       11                         and inserting a semicolon; and
                                                                       12                                  (C) by adding at the end the following new
                                                                       13                         clauses:
                                                                       14                                  ‘‘(xiii) whether the institution is listed on
                                                                       15                         the College Navigator website as affiliated with
                                                                       16                         a religion and, if so, which religious denomina-
                                                                       17                         tion;
                                                                       18                                  ‘‘(xiv) whether the Secretary of Education
                                                                       19                         or other head of a department or agency of the
                                                                       20                         Federal Government has determined that the
                                                                       21                         institution is a minority serving institution and,
                                                                       22                         if so, which one or more types of minority serv-
                                                                       23                         ing institutions; and
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                                                                         1                        (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
                                                                         2               following new sentence: ‘‘To the extent practicable,
                                                                         3               the Secretary shall ensure that such information is
                                                                         4               provided in a searchable format.’’.
                                                                         5               (b) DEFINITION.—Subsection (f) of such section is
                                                                         6 amended by adding at the end the following new para-
                                                                         7 graphs:
                                                                         8                        ‘‘(3) The term ‘College Navigator website’ has
                                                                         9               the meaning given that term in section 132 of the
                                                                       10                Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1015a).
                                                                       11                         ‘‘(4) The term ‘minority serving institution’
                                                                       12                means any of the following:
                                                                       13                                  ‘‘(A) A part B institution, as such term is
                                                                       14                         defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu-
                                                                       15                         cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)).
                                                                       16                                  ‘‘(B) A Hispanic-serving institution, as
                                                                       17                         such term is defined in section 502(a)(5) of
                                                                       18                         such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5)).
                                                                       19                                  ‘‘(C) A Tribal College or University, as
                                                                       20                         such term is defined in section 316(b)(3) of
                                                                       21                         such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3)).
                                                                       22                                  ‘‘(D) A predominantly Black institution, as
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                                                                         1                                 ‘‘(E) A Native American-serving, nontribal
                                                                         2                        institution, as such term is defined in section
                                                                         3                        319(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)(6)).
                                                                         4                                 ‘‘(F) An Alaska Native-serving institution
                                                                         5                        or Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as such
                                                                         6                        terms are defined in section 317(b) of such Act
                                                                         7                        (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)).
                                                                         8                                 ‘‘(G) An Asian American and Native
                                                                         9                        American Pacific Islander-serving institution, as
                                                                       10                         such term is defined in section 320(b) of such
                                                                       11                         Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).’’.
                                                                       12                (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this
                                                                       13 section shall apply with respect to the information pro-
                                                                       14 vided under section 3698 of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                       15 beginning on the date that is two years after the date of
                                                                       16 the enactment of this Act.
                                                                       17      SEC. 4. DELAY OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR LIMITATION ON

                                                                       18                              COLOCATION                   AND          ADMINISTRATION            OF

                                                                       19                              STATE APPROVING AGENCIES.

                                                                       20                Section 1024 of the Johnny Isakson and David P.
                                                                       21 Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-
                                                                       22 ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended to
                                                                       23 read as follows:




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                                                                         1     ‘‘SEC. 1024. LIMITATION ON COLOCATION AND ADMINIS-

                                                                         2                             TRATION OF STATE APPROVING AGENCIES.

                                                                         3               ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3671 of title 38, United
                                                                         4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
                                                                         5 lowing new subsection:
                                                                         6               ‘‘ ‘(c) The Secretary may not recognize a State de-
                                                                         7 partment or agency as the State approving agency for a
                                                                         8 State for purposes of this chapter if such department or
                                                                         9 agency is administered at, or colocated with, a university
                                                                       10 or university system that offers courses or programs of
                                                                       11 education that are subject to approval under this chapter
                                                                       12 by the State approving agency for that State.’.
                                                                       13                ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
                                                                       14 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one
                                                                       15 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.’’.
                                                                       16      SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF TREATMENT

                                                                       17                              OF CERTAIN FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL IN-

                                                                       18                              STITUTIONS.

                                                                       19                (a) CLARIFICATION.—Section 1022(c) of the Johnny
                                                                       20 Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care
                                                                       21 and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–
                                                                       22 315) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or the conversion of a
                                                                       23 for-profit educational institution to a public educational
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                                                                       25                (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
                                                                       26 subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment
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                                                                         1 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans
                                                                         2 Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Pub-
                                                                         3 lic Law 116–315).
                                                                         4     SEC. 6. CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING REQUIREMENTS FOR

                                                                         5                             EDUCATIONAL                       INSTITUTIONS                      PARTICI-

                                                                         6                             PATING IN THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

                                                                         7                             PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-

                                                                         8                             ERANS AFFAIRS.

                                                                         9               Subsection (f) of section 3679 of title 38, United
                                                                       10 States Code, as added by section 1018 of the Johnny Isak-
                                                                       11 son and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and
                                                                       12 Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315),
                                                                       13 is amended—
                                                                       14                         (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by inserting ‘‘, to the
                                                                       15                maximum extent practicable,’’ after ‘‘including’’;
                                                                       16                         (2) in paragraph (2)—
                                                                       17                                  (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
                                                                       18                         (A), by inserting ‘‘, or any person with whom
                                                                       19                         the institution has an agreement to provide
                                                                       20                         educational programs, marketing, advertising,
                                                                       21                         recruiting or admissions services,’’ after ‘‘edu-
                                                                       22                         cational institution’’;
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                                                                         1                                 (C) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
                                                                         2                        serting the following new subparagraph (B):
                                                                         3                        ‘‘(B) Provides a commission, bonus, or other in-
                                                                         4               centive payment based directly or indirectly on suc-
                                                                         5               cess in securing enrollments or financial aid to any
                                                                         6               persons or entities engaged in any student recruiting
                                                                         7               or admission activities or in making decisions re-
                                                                         8               garding the award of student financial assistance.’’;
                                                                         9                        (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking clause (ii)
                                                                       10                and inserting the following new clauses:
                                                                       11                         ‘‘(ii) Suspending the approval of the courses
                                                                       12                and programs of education offered by the edu-
                                                                       13                cational institution by disapproving new enrollments
                                                                       14                of eligible veterans and eligible persons in each
                                                                       15                course or program of education offered by that edu-
                                                                       16                cational institution.
                                                                       17                         ‘‘(iii) Revoking the approval of the courses and
                                                                       18                programs of education offered by the educational in-
                                                                       19                stitution by disapproving all enrollments of eligible
                                                                       20                veterans and eligible persons in each course or pro-
                                                                       21                gram of education offered by that educational insti-
                                                                       22                tution’’; and
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                                                                       24                demic-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘one-academic-year
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                                                                         1     SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

                                                                         2               (a) TITLE 38.—Title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                         3 amended as follows:
                                                                         4                        (1) The second section 1164, as added by sec-
                                                                         5               tion 5501 the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe,
                                                                         6               M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-
                                                                         7               ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315), is redesig-
                                                                         8               nated as section 1166 and transferred so as to ap-
                                                                         9               pear after section 1165 (and the table of sections at
                                                                       10                the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is con-
                                                                       11                formed accordingly).
                                                                       12                         (2) Subsection (l) of section 3313, as added by
                                                                       13                section 1010 of such Act (as effective on August 1,
                                                                       14                2021), is amended to read as follows:
                                                                       15                ‘‘(l) VERIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT.—
                                                                       16                         ‘‘(1) IN         GENERAL.—The                      Secretary shall re-
                                                                       17                quire—
                                                                       18                                  ‘‘(A) each educational institution to submit
                                                                       19                         to the Secretary verification of each individual
                                                                       20                         who is enrolled in a course or program of edu-
                                                                       21                         cation at the educational institution and is re-
                                                                       22                         ceiving educational assistance under this chap-
                                                                       23                         ter—
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                                                                         1                                 date on which the individual is enrolled;
                                                                         2                                 and
                                                                         3                                         ‘‘(ii) not later than such time as the
                                                                         4                                 Secretary determines reasonable after the
                                                                         5                                 last date on which a student is able to
                                                                         6                                 withdraw from the course or program of
                                                                         7                                 education without penalty; and
                                                                         8                                 ‘‘(B) each individual who is enrolled in a
                                                                         9                        course or program of education and is receiving
                                                                       10                         educational assistance under this chapter to
                                                                       11                         submit to the Secretary verification of such en-
                                                                       12                         rollment for each month during which the indi-
                                                                       13                         vidual is so enrolled and receiving such edu-
                                                                       14                         cational assistance.
                                                                       15                         ‘‘(2) FORM                OF        VERIFICATION.—Verification

                                                                       16                under this subsection shall be in an electronic form
                                                                       17                prescribed by the Secretary.
                                                                       18                         ‘‘(3) FAILURE TO SUBMIT VERIFICATION.—If
                                                                       19                an individual fails to submit the verification required
                                                                       20                under paragraph (1)(B) for two consecutive months,
                                                                       21                the Secretary may not make a monthly housing sti-
                                                                       22                pend payment to the individual under this section
                                                                       23                until the individual submits such verification.’’.




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                                                                       24                         (3) Section 3673A, as added by section 1013 of
                                                                       25                such Act, is amended—


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

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

                                                                       17 Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of
                                                                       18 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended as follows:
                                                                       19                         (1) In section 1013(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘of title
                                                                       20                38’’ after ‘‘of chapter 36’’.
                                                                       21                         (2) In section 2205(c)—
                                                                       22                                  (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EFFEC-
                                                                       23                         TIVE       DATE’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLICABILITY’’;




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                                                                         1                                 (B) by striking ‘‘the date that is two years
                                                                         2                        after the date of the enactment of this Act’’
                                                                         3                        and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment of this
                                                                         4                        Act and shall apply with respect to grants ap-
                                                                         5                        plications submitted on or after the date that is
                                                                         6                        two years after the date of the enactment of
                                                                         7                        this Act.’’.
                                                                         8                        (3) In section 4101(b), by striking ‘‘sub-
                                                                         9               chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’.
                                                                       10                         (4) In section 5501—
                                                                       11                                  (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘of
                                                                       12                         such title’’ and inserting ‘‘of title 38, United
                                                                       13                         States Code’’; and
                                                                       14                                  (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section
                                                                       15                         1164’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sec-
                                                                       16                         tion 1166’’.
                                                                       17      SEC. 8. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

                                                                       18                The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of
                                                                       19 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010,
                                                                       20 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement
                                                                       21 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this
                                                                       22 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record
                                                                       23 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-




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                                                                         1 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the
                                                                         2 vote on passage.
                                                                                         Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 2021.
                                                                                         Attest:                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
                                                                                                                                              Clerk.




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