Title: Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2019
This bill expands educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program to include application fees for institutions of higher learning.
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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 730 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 730

To amend title 38, United States Code, to include the cost of applying 
 to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided 
          under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2019

   Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
   Deutch, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Jones, Mr. Austin Scott of 
Georgia, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Ryan, 
 Mr. Meadows, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. 
Rush, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. McGovern, 
Mr. Raskin, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Matsui, and 
  Mr. Heck) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include the cost of applying 
 to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided 
          under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Barriers for Veterans 
Education Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. COSTS OF APPLYING TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 3315A the following new section:
``Sec. 3315B. Costs of applying to institution of higher learning
    ``(a) In General.--An individual entitled to educational assistance 
under this chapter shall also be entitled to educational assistance for 
the application fee required to apply to an approved program of 
education at an institution of higher learning.
    ``(b) Amount.--The total amount of educational assistance payable 
under this chapter to an individual for applications described in 
subsection (a) is the lesser of--
            ``(1) the total application fees charged to the individual 
        by the institutions of higher learning; or
            ``(2) $750.
    ``(c) Charge Against Entitlement.--The number of months (and any 
fraction thereof) of entitlement charged an individual under this 
chapter for an application described in subsection (a) shall be 
determined at the rate of one month for each amount that equals the 
amount determined under section 3315A(c)(2) of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
3315A the following new item:

``3315B. Costs of applying to institution of higher learning.''.
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