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    <item congress="119" measure-type="s" measure-number="972" measure-id="id119s972" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2025-03-11" update-date="2025-05-21">
        <title>Fairness in Veterans' Education Act of 2025</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119s972v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-05-21">
            <action-date>2025-03-11</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Fairness in Veterans’ Education Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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