To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a retroactive effective date of law regarding charge to entitlement to Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance for individuals who do not transfer credits from certain closed or disapproved programs of education.

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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4850.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3951):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a retroactive effective date of law regarding charge to entitlement to Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance for individuals who do not transfer credits from certain closed or disapproved programs of education
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 4850, 118th Congress

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