H.R. 5436 · House bill · 119th Congress

End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act

Sponsored by Rep. John Mannion, New York with 1 co-sponsor

Introduced Sep 17, 2025

Referred to the Veterans' Affairs Committee

Latest action Sep 24, 2026

SponsorRep. John Mannion, New York· 1 cosponsorDel. James C. Moylan, Guam

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Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act”.

Sec. 2. Prohibition of withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at an educational institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance

Subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and amending the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly):

“3328. Prohibition of withholding transcripts.— An educational institution may not withhold the transcript of an individual who attended a course or program of education at such educational institution using educational assistance under this chapter solely because such individual owes a debt to such educational institution.”.

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