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    <item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="2136" measure-id="id116s2136" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2019-07-17" update-date="2021-09-30">
        <title>A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of veterans to receive in-state tuition using educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id116s2136v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-09-30">
            <action-date>2019-07-17</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill removes a deadline that prevents certain veterans from receiving in-state tuition, regardless of their state of residence, using Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits at public institutions of higher education. Currently, a veteran who is discharged or released after at least 90 days of active service must be within three years of their discharge from active duty to receive in-state tuition (regardless of their state of residence).</p>]]></summary-text>
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