REPORT ON VETERANS’ EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE STATES.

SEC. 703. REPORT ON VETERANS’ EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE STATES. (a) Report.—(1)Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on veterans education and vocational training benefits provided by the States. (2) Benefits to be considered to be veterans education and vocational training benefits for the purpose of this section include any education or vocational training benefit provided by a State (including any political subdivision of a State) for which persons are eligible by reason of service in the Armed Forces, including, in the case of persons who died in the Armed Forces or as a result of a disease or disability incurred in the Armed Forces, benefits provided by reason of the service of those persons to their survivors or dependents. (3) For purposes of this section, the term “veteran” includes a person serving on active duty or in one of the reserve components and a person who died while in the active military, naval, or air service. 113 STAT. 1584 (b) Matters To Be Included.—The report under this section shall include the following: (1) A description, by State, of the veterans education and vocational training benefits provided, including— (A) identification of benefits that are provided specifically for disabled veterans or for which disabled veterans receive benefits in a different amount; and (B) identification of benefits for which survivors of persons who died in the Armed Forces (or as a result of a disease or disability incurred in the Armed Forces) or who were disabled in the Armed Forces are eligible. (2) For each State that provides a veterans education benefit consisting of full or partial tuition assistance for post-secondary education, a description of that benefit, including whether the benefit is limited to tuition for attendance at an institution of higher education in that State or to tuition for attendance at a public institution of higher education in that State. (3) A description of actions and programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, and the Department of Labor to encourage the States to provide benefits designed to assist veterans in securing post-secondary education and vocational training. (c) Consultation.—The report under this section shall be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Labor. (d) State Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “State” has the meaning given that term in section 101(20) of title 38, United States Code.