Act — S. 4089, Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration and Recovery Act of 2022

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Senate bill 4089 is an Act of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, second session, to restore entitlement to educational assistance under Veterans Rapid Retraining Program in cases of a closure of an educational institution or a disapproval of a program of education, and for other purposes. Its short title is the Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration and Recovery Act of 2022. Section 2 adds subsection (n) to section 8006 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Under it, retraining assistance is not charged against entitlement if the Secretary determines that an individual was unable to complete a course because of a closure or a disapproval of a program, and the institution receives no further payments and owes any payment already made as an overpayment.

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S. 4089



            One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
                        of the
                United States of America
                            AT T H E S E C O N D S E S S I O N

                   Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
                   the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two




                                           An Act
          To restore entitlement to educational assistance under Veterans Rapid Retraining
            Program in cases of a closure of an educational institution or a disapproval
            of a program of education, and for other purposes.

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
          the United States of America in Congress assembled,
          SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Rapid Retraining Assist-
          ance Program Restoration and Recovery Act of 2022’’.
          SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF ENTITLEMENT UNDER VETERANS RAPID
                   RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
              (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8006 of the American Rescue Plan
          Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), as amended by the Training in
          High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act (Public
          Law 117–16), is further amended—
                    (1) by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o); and
                    (2) by inserting after subsection (m), the following new
              subsection (n):
              ‘‘(n) EFFECTS OF CLOSURE OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
          OR DISAPPROVAL OF A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION.—
                    ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any payment of retraining assistance
              under subsection (d)(1) shall not be charged against any entitle-
              ment to retraining assistance described in subsection (a) if
              the Secretary determines that an individual was unable to
              complete a course or program of education as a result of —
                          ‘‘(A) the closure of an educational institution; or
                          ‘‘(B) the disapproval of a program of education by the
                    State approving agency or the Secretary when acting in
                    the role of the State approving agency.
                    ‘‘(2) PERIOD NOT CHARGED.—The period for which, by reason
              of this subsection, retraining assistance is not charged shall
              be equal to the full amount of retraining assistance provided
              for enrollment in the program of education.
                    ‘‘(3) HALT OF PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-
              TIONS.—In the event of a closure or disapproval, as described
              in paragraph (1), the educational institution shall not receive
              any further payments under subsection (d).
                    ‘‘(4) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—In the event of a closure or
              disapproval, as described in paragraph (1), any payment already
              made under subsection (d) to the educational institution shall
              be considered an overpayment and constitute a liability of
              such institution to the United States.’’.
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     (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—In subsection (b)(3) of such sec-
tion, strike the period and insert ‘‘, except for an individual
described in subsection (n).’’.
     (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply as if included in the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 (Public Law 117–2).




                        Speaker of the House of Representatives.




                     Vice President of the United States and
                                          President of the Senate.


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