To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8896.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4445):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans educational benefits
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

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  93 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8896, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8896

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9a6f350bc2668a865f0b7ae330319cb26f5ff75184fec7c18f159411196b6ac

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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