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title: "38 U.S.C. § 3699B"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 3699B - Treatment of certain for-profit educational institutions

## Text

(a) In General.— In the case of any for-profit educational institution that is converted to a nonprofit educational institution, the State approving agency or the Secretary when acting as a State approving agency shall conduct annual risk-based surveys of the institution during the three-year period beginning on the date on which the educational institution is so converted.

(b) Risk-based Survey Defined.— In this section, the term “risk-based survey” means the risk-based survey developed under section 3673A of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 116–315, title I, § 1022(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4959.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DatePub. L. 116–315, title I, § 1022(c), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4959, as amended by Pub. L. 117–16, § 5(a), June 8, 2021, 135 Stat. 283, provided that: “Section 3699B of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the conversion of a for-profit educational institution to a nonprofit educational institution, or the conversion of a for-profit educational institution to a public educational institution, that occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 5, 2021].” [Pub. L. 117–16, § 5(b), June 8, 2021, 135 Stat. 283, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending section 1022(c) of Pub. L. 116–315, set out above] shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315).” ]