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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 5436 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 732
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5436

                          [Report No. 119-835]

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational 
   institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who 
  pursued a course or program of education at such institution using 
                   Post-9/11 educational assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2025

Mr. Mannion (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                           September 24, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 17, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational 
   institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who 
  pursued a course or program of education at such institution using 
                   Post-9/11 educational assistance.


 


    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 ``End Transcript Withholding for 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF WITHHOLDING A TRANSCRIPT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO 
              PURSUED A COURSE OR PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AT AN 
              EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION USING POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE.

    Subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section (and amending 
the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly):
``Sec. 3328. Prohibition of withholding transcripts
    ``An educational institution may not withhold the transcript of an 
individual who attended a course or program of education at such 
educational institution using educational assistance under this chapter 
solely because such individual owes a debt to such educational 
institution.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 732

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5436

                          [Report No. 119-835]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational 
   institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who 
  pursued a course or program of education at such institution using 
                   Post-9/11 educational assistance.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 24, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed