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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 4850
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a retroactive effective
date of law regarding charge to entitlement to Department of Veterans
Affairs educational assistance for individuals who do not transfer credits
from certain closed or disapproved programs of education.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY25, 2023
Mr. B
UCHANANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a
retroactive effective date of law regarding charge to enti-
tlement to Department of Veterans Affairs educational
assistance for individuals who do not transfer credits
from certain closed or disapproved programs of edu-
cation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE OF LAW RE-1
GARDING CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT TO DE-2
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDU-3
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS 4
WHO DO NOT TRANSFER CREDITS FROM CER-5
TAIN CLOSED OR DISAPPROVED PROGRAMS 6
OF EDUCATION. 7
Section 3699(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 8
is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 9
the following new subparagraph (C): 10
‘‘(C) This paragraph, including clauses (ii) and (iii) 11
of subparagraph (A), shall apply with respect to the clo-12
sure or discontinuation of a course or program of edu-13
cation, as described in subsection (b)(1), that occurs dur-14
ing the period beginning on August 1, 2021, and ending 15
on September 30, 2023.’’. 16
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