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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1090 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund trans- |
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| 7 | 7 | | fer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign |
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| 8 | 8 | | institution of higher education, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH30, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | ENENDEZintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and |
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| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the |
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| 16 | 16 | | payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| 17 | 17 | | to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assist- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institu- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tion of higher education, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF VA EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | VIA ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER TO A FOR-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | EIGN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 1090 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | update the payment system of the Department of Veterans 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign in-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | stitution of higher education that— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) provides an approved course of education to 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | an eligible recipient of such assistance; and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) does not have— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) an employer identification number; or 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (B) an account with a domestic bank. 9 |
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