S.Amdt. 915

SA 915. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. __. RELEASE OF EDUCATION RECORDS TO FACILITATE THE AWARD
OF A RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL.

Section 444(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act
(20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and'';
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:
``(M) an institution of postsecondary education in which
the student was previously enrolled, to which records of
postsecondary coursework and credits completed by the student
are disclosed for the purpose of applying such coursework and
credits toward completion of a recognized postsecondary
credential (as that term is defined in section 3 of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C.
3102)).''; and
(4) by adding at the end of the flush matter at the end the
following: ``An institution of postsecondary education in
which a student was previously enrolled may not use disclosed
records as described in subparagraph (M) to issue a student a
recognized postsecondary credential unless the student
provides such institution with the student's prior written
consent to issue the student such credential.''.
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