S.Amdt. 3956

SA 3956. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, Mr. Carper, Mr. Franken, and
Ms. Baldwin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
Sec. __. (a) From amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available under this title for the administration of
educational assistance programs under the laws administered
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that any online consumer tool
offered or supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs
that provides information to veterans regarding specific
postsecondary educational institutions, such as the GI Bill
Comparison Tool or any successor or similar program, includes
for each such institution an accounting of pending
investigations and civil or criminal actions against the
institution by Federal agencies and State attorneys general,
to the extent such information is publicly available.
(b) In gathering publicly available information on
investigations and civil or criminal actions described in
subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
(1) consult the heads of other Federal agencies and, as
practicable, State attorneys general; and
(2) review any reports required to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78m and 78o(d)), including Form 10-Q and Form 10-K.
(c) To ensure that the information required under
subsection (a) is presented in the most useful and effective
way possible for veterans, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall consult with the Secretary of Education, the Bureau of
Consumer Financial Protection, and veteran and consumer
advocates.
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