To amend title 38, United States Code, to render an individual, who transfers certain educational assistance, to which the individual is entitled because of an agreement by such individual to serve in the Armed Forces, to a dependent of that individual, and who fails to complete such agreement, solely liable for the overpayment of such educational assistance.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 290.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 290, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to render an individual, who transfers certain educational assistance, to which the individual is entitled because of an agreement by such individual to serve in the Armed Forces, to a dependent of t” on May 11, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2021 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57202

  CBO publication date

  May 11, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 290, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/290

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52da7aad2e95ca6f1c14e9e30ae87b54c7714eb69f5b0aebc101bcb41a2805fa

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 8, January 13, 2021, Page H194):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2021 ↗

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  336 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 290, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/290

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52da7aad2e95ca6f1c14e9e30ae87b54c7714eb69f5b0aebc101bcb41a2805fa

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