S.Amdt. 1964

SA 1964. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT FOR VETERANS IN CERTAIN
COURSES OF EDUCATION.

(a) Priority Enrollment.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 36 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 3680A the
following new section:

``Sec. 3680B. Priority enrollment in certain courses

``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3672(b)(2)(A) of
this title or any other provision of law, with respect to an
educational assistance program provided for in chapter 30,
31, 32, 33, or 35 of this title or chapter 1606 or 1607 of
title 10, if an educational institution administers a
priority enrollment system that allows certain students to
enroll in courses earlier than other students, the Secretary
or a State approving agency may not approve a program of
education offered by such institution unless such institution
allows a covered individual to enroll in courses at the
earliest possible time pursuant to such priority enrollment
system.
``(b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the
term `covered individual' means an individual using
educational assistance under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of
this title or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, including--
``(1) a veteran;
``(2) a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty
or a member of a reserve component (including the National
Guard);
``(3) a dependent to whom such assistance has been
transferred pursuant to section 3319 of this title; and
``(4) any other individual using such assistance.
``(c) Disapproval.--An educational institution described in
subsection (a) that has a program of education approved for
purposes of this chapter and fails to meet the requirements
of such subsection shall be immediately disapproved by the
Secretary or the appropriate State approving agency in
accordance with section 3679 of this title.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 3680A the following new item:

``3680B. Priority enrollment in certain courses.''.

(b) Effective Date.--Section 3680B of such title, as added
by subsection (a)(1), shall take effect on August 1, 2017.
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