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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fairness in Veterans’ Education Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill modifies the process for repaying service members and veterans who paid to keep benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, but later chose to utilize Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue the repayments with the last monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This requirement has limited the repayments to individuals who are receiving stipends. Under the bill, the VA must make such a repayment before the exhaustion of the individual's entitlement to education assistance.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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