Transcript Assurance for Heroes Act

Transcript Assurance for Heroes Act

This bill requires educational institutions to, as a condition of approval under the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), make digital transcripts available to veterans (or other individuals who are eligible for VA educational assistance).

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3898

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require, as a condition of 
approval under the educational assistance programs of the Department of 
   Veterans Affairs, that educational institutions make available to 
 eligible persons and veterans digital copies of official transcripts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2023

    Mr. Crane (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Ms. Mace) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require, as a condition of 
approval under the educational assistance programs of the Department of 
   Veterans Affairs, that educational institutions make available to 
 eligible persons and veterans digital copies of official transcripts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transcript Assurance for Heroes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS APPROVED FOR PURPOSES 
              OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAMS PROVIDE DIGITAL OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS.

    Section 3675(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) The educational institution makes available to each 
        eligible person or veteran a copy of the person or veteran's 
        official transcript in a digital format.''.
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