---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 3699D"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "3699D"
heading: "Notice of changes to policies and guidance relating to educational assistance programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/3699D"
units:
  - "Part III — Readjustment and Related Benefits"
  - "Chapter 36 — Administration of Educational Benefits"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §3699D. Notice of changes to policies and guidance relating to educational assistance programs


In the case of any change to any policy or guidance provided by the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8) that relates to any educational assistance program of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8) may not implement the change before the date that is 90 days after the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/38/4101.md?p=8) makes available to students, [educational institutions](/usc/38/3002.md?p=8), and the Committees on [Veterans](/usc/38/3701.md?p=b-2)’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives [notice](/usc/38/4303.md?p=8) of, and justification for, the change.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–210, title II, § 213(a), Jan. 2, 2025, 138 Stat. 2774.)