---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 3699A"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "3699A"
heading: "Provision of certain information to educational institutions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/3699A"
units:
  - "Part III — Readjustment and Related Benefits"
  - "Chapter 36 — Administration of Educational Benefits"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §3699A. Provision of certain information to educational institutions

- (a) **In General.—** For each [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) or other individual pursuing a course of education that has been approved under this chapter using educational assistance to which the [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) or other individual is entitled under chapter [30](/usc/38/chptIII/ch30.md), [32](/usc/38/chptIII/ch32.md), [33](/usc/38/chptIII/ch33.md), or [35](/usc/38/chptIII/ch35.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8) shall make available to the [educational institution](/usc/38/3002.md?p=8) offering the course information about the amount of such educational assistance to which the [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) or other individual is entitled. Such information shall be provided to such [educational institution](/usc/38/3002.md?p=8) through a secure information technology system accessible by the [educational institution](/usc/38/3002.md?p=8) and shall be regularly updated to reflect any amounts used by the [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) or other individual.
- (b) **Election.—** A [veteran](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2) or other individual pursuing a course of education described in [subsection (a)](#a) may elect not to provide the information described in such subsection to an [educational institution](/usc/38/3002.md?p=8) in a manner prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–48, title III, § 308(a), Aug. 16, 2017, 131 Stat. 994.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 115–48, title III, § 308(c), Aug. 16, 2017, 131 Stat. 994, provided that: “Section 3699A of title 38, United States Code, as added by this section, shall take effect on August 1, 2018.”