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        <text>Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2013) the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. Requires the Committee, to the maximum extent possible, to include: (1) veterans who served on active duty and were deployed in connection with a contingency operation; (2) at least one veteran currently enrolled in and receiving assistance under a veterans' educational assistance program; and (3) at least one representative each from the American Council on Education, an organization that represents veterans, and a state approving agency.</p> <p>Requires the Committee, at least semiannually, to report to Congress on the administration of veterans' educational assistance benefits.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education, and for other purposes.</title>
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