A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update its payment system to allow for electronic fund transfer of VA educational assistance to a foreign institution of higher education that provides an approved course of education to eligible recipients and does not have an employer identification number or an account with a domestic bank.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1090 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1090

   To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment 
 system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic 
fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, 
 to a foreign institution of higher education, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2023

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment 
 system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic 
fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, 
 to a foreign institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF VA EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE VIA ELECTRONIC FUND 
              TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall update the payment system of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund 
transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a 
foreign institution of higher education that--
            (1) provides an approved course of education to an eligible 
        recipient of such assistance; and
            (2) does not have--
                    (A) an employer identification number; or
                    (B) an account with a domestic bank.
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