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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="730" measure-id="id116hr730" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-01-23" update-date="2020-03-10">
<title>Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr730v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-03-10">
<action-date>2019-01-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill expands educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program to include application fees for institutions of higher learning.</p> <p>The amount of such assistance payable to an individual shall be the lesser of the total application fees charged to the individual by the institutions, or $750.</p>]]></summary-text>
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