I
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3948
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 28, 2009
Mr. Putnam (for himself, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Kosmas, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Posey, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Baca, Mr. Teague, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Snyder, and Mr. Lee of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for entitlement under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program to payment for test preparatory courses, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Test
Prep for Heroes Act
.
Post-9/11 educational assistance for test preparatory courses
In general
Section 3315 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a), by inserting before the
period the following: and one test preparatory course
;
in subsection (b)—
by inserting
total
before amount payable
;
by inserting
and test preparatory course
after licensing or
certification test
; and
in paragraph (2)—
by
inserting aggregate amount equal to the
before
fee
; and
by
inserting plus the fee charged for the test preparatory course
after the test
; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Test preparatory course defined
In this
section, the term test preparatory course
means—
a preparatory course for a test that is required or used for admission to an institution of higher education;
or a preparatory course for a test that is required or used for admission to a graduate school.
.
Clerical amendments
Heading
The heading for section 3315 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after tests
the following:
; test preparatory
courses
.
Table of sections
The table or sections at the beginning of chapter 33 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 3315 and inserting the following:
3315. Licensure and certification tests; test preparatory courses.
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect _____.