II 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION S. 1090 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund trans- fer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH30, 2023 Mr. M ENENDEZintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assist- ance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institu- tion of higher education, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF VA EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 3 VIA ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER TO A FOR-4 EIGN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 5 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Apr 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1090.IS S1090 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1090 IS update the payment system of the Department of Veterans 1 Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational 2 assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign in-3 stitution of higher education that— 4 (1) provides an approved course of education to 5 an eligible recipient of such assistance; and 6 (2) does not have— 7 (A) an employer identification number; or 8 (B) an account with a domestic bank. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Apr 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1090.IS S1090 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB