IIB
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1172
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24, 2009
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors.
Pat Tillman Veterans’ Scholarship Initiative
Availability of scholarship information
By not later than June 1, 2010, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall include on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs—
a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors and, for each such organization, a link to the Internet website of the organization;
a statement that the information described in paragraph (1) is not an all-inclusive list of scholarships available to veterans and their survivors; and
a statement that the Secretary has not verified the information available on the Internet websites of the organizations referred to paragraph (1) and that the Secretary does not endorse any offer made by any sponsor of any such the website.
Maintenance of scholarship information
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make reasonable efforts to notify schools and other appropriate entities of the opportunity to be included on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to subsection (a).
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2009.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.