COORDINATION OF APPROVAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION BENEFITS.

SEC. 326. COORDINATION OF APPROVAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION BENEFITS.(a) Coordination.—(1) In general.—Section 3673 is amended—(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):“(b) Coordination of Activities.—The Secretary shall take appropriate actions to ensure the coordination of approval activities performed by State approving agencies under this chapter and chapters 34 and 35 of this title and approval activities performed by the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, and other entities in order to reduce overlap and improve efficiency in the performance of such activities.”.(2) Conforming and clerical amendments.—(A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:“§ 3673. Approval activities: cooperation and coordination of activities” .(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 36 is amended by striking the item relating to section 3673 and inserting the following new item: “3673. Approval activities: cooperation and coordination of activities.”. (3) Stylistic amendments.—Such section is further amended—(A) in subsection (a), by inserting “Cooperation in Activities.—” after “(a)”; and122 STAT. 4170(B) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, by inserting “Availability of Information Material.—” after “(c)”.(b) Report.—Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report setting forth the following:(1) The actions taken to establish outcome-oriented performance standards for State approving agencies created or designated under section 3671 of title 38, United States Code, including a description of any plans for, and the status of the implementation of, such standards as part of the evaluations of State approving agencies required by section 3674A of title 38, United States Code.(2) The actions taken to implement a tracking and reporting system for resources expended for approval and outreach activities by such agencies.(3) Any recommendations for legislative action that the Secretary considers appropriate to achieve the complete implementation of the standards described in paragraph (1).