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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="331" measure-id="id113hr331" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-01-22" update-date="2013-02-13">
<title>To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr331v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-02-13">
<action-date>2013-01-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Amends veterans' educational assistance program reporting requirements under which enrolled veterans (or eligible persons) and educational institutions must report enrollment information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires individuals and educational institutions participating in the post-Vietnam era and post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance programs to report to the Secretary such enrollment and any updates on interruption or termination of the education (thereby making the enrollment reporting requirements for the post-Vietnam and post-9/11 programs consistent with other veterans' educational programs).</p> <p>Defines &quot;educational institution&quot; to permit the inclusion of groups, districts, or consortiums of separately accredited educational institutions located in the same state that are organized in a manner facilitating the centralized reporting of enrollments.</p>]]></summary-text>
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