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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4594 
To authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations 
and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions 
of higher learning, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2025 
Ms. GOODLANDER (for herself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. PAPPAS, and Mr. 
CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for 
examinations and assessments to receive credit toward 
degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Learning for 
Credit Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF VETERANS EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE FOR EXAMINATIONS AND AS-
SESSMENTS TO RECEIVE CREDIT TOWARD 
DEGREES AWARDED BY INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER LEARNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is entitled to 
veterans educational assistance may use such assistance 
to cover the costs of covered examinations and assess-
ments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institu-
tions of higher learning for approved programs of edu-
cation. 
(b) VETERANS
EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.—For 
purposes of this section, veterans educational assistance 
is educational assistance available to veterans and other 
eligible individuals under the provisions of law as follows: 
(1) Chapters 30, 32, 33, 34, and 35 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(2) Any other provision of law providing edu-
cational assistance to a veteran, or to another indi-
vidual in connection with the service of a veteran in 
the Armed Forces. 
(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT USABLE.—The total 
amount of veterans educational assistance that may be 
used for the costs of a covered examination or assessment 
under subsection (a) may not exceed the lesser of— 
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(1) the amount charged for the examination or 
assessment by the entity administering the examina-
tion or assessment; or 
(2) $500. 
(d) CHARGE AGAINST ENTITLEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The number of months (or 
fraction thereof) of entitlement charged an indi-
vidual under the applicable provision of law specified 
in subsection (b) for use of veterans educational as-
sistance for costs of covered examinations and as-
sessments under this section shall be equal to the 
quotient obtained by dividing— 
(A) the cost of the examination or assess-
ment (as determined pursuant to subsection 
(c)); by 
(B) the monthly rate of veterans edu-
cational assistance to which the individual is en-
titled under such provision of law at the time 
of the examination or assessment. 
(2) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—A 
charge 
against entitlement to educational assistance under 
a law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs in order to receive assistance under this section 
shall not be construed to affect entitlement to edu-
cational assistance under a law administered by the 
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Secretary of Defense, including entitlement to edu-
cational assistance under the Department of Defense 
Tuition Assistance Program. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘approved program of education’’ 
means a program of education approved for use of 
veterans educational assistance pursuant to chapter 
35 or 36 of title 38, United States Code, or another 
applicable provision of law. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered examinations and assess-
ments’’ means the following: 
(A) A DANTES Subject Standardized 
Test Program (DSST) examination. 
(B) A College Level Examination Program 
(CLEP) examination. 
(C) The National Career Readiness Certifi-
cate examination. 
(D) Any other examination of a similar na-
ture to an exam specified in subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C) specified by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for purposes of this section. 
(E) An assessment by an institution of 
higher learning of a portfolio or written nar-
rative by a student with supporting documenta-
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tion that demonstrates prior military training 
or learning. 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher learning’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 3452(f) 
of title 38, United States Code. 
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