An amendment numbered 13 printed in House Report 111-256 to require the campus Veterans Resource Officer to act as a link between s tudent veterans and mental health care providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in order to help improve college completion rates for veterans.

1. Rewrites section 106

   ReplacesPage 43, line 17Printed page

   Removes section 106 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: SEC. 106. VETERANS RESOURCE OFFICER GRANTS.

   Inserted: Section 873 (20 U.S.C. 1161t) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by amending the header to read as follows: "MODEL PROGRAMS FOR CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR VETERAN STUDENT SUCCESS; VETERANS RESOURCE OFFICERS";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ", or Veterans Resource Officers," after "model programs";

   Inserted: (3) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(b) Grant Authorized.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (f), the Secretary shall award grants to institutions of higher education to--

   Inserted: "(A) develop model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education; or

   Inserted: "(B) hire a Veterans Resource Officer to increase the college completion rates for veteran students enrolled at such institutions of higher education.

   Inserted: "(2) Grant period.--A grant awarded under this section shall be awarded for a period of 3 years."; and

   Inserted: (4) in subsection (c)--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1)--

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   Inserted: (i) by amending the header to read as follows: "Model program required activities"; and

   Inserted: (ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "under this section" and inserting "for the purpose described in subsection (b)(1)(A)";

   Inserted: (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

   Inserted: (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

   Inserted: "(2) Veterans resource officer required activities.--An institution of higher education receiving a grant for the purpose described in subsection (b)(1)(B) shall use such grant to hire a Veterans Resource Officer whose duties shall include--

   Inserted: "(A) serving as a liaison between--

   Inserted: "(i) veteran students;

   Inserted: "(ii) the faculty and staff of the institution;

   Inserted: "(iii) local facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and

   Inserted: "(iv) mental healthcare providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that veteran students are referred to such providers if needed; and

   Inserted: "(B) organizing and advising veteran student organizations and hosting veterans-oriented group functions on campus;

   Inserted: "(C) distributing news and information to all veteran students, including through maintaining newsletters and listserves; and

   Inserted: "(D) assisting in the training of Department of Veterans Affairs certifying officials, when applicable.".

   Original wording

   Page 43, beginning on line 17, amend section 106 (and conform the Table of Contents accordingly) to read as follows:

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As printed