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H.R. 4012: Safeguarding Student Veterans Act

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H.R. 4012: Safeguarding Student Veterans Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-25 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Safeguarding Student Veterans Act

Plain summary

Safeguarding Student Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to share information about certain educational institutions with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and it requires the VA to undertake a risk analysis for such institutions. Specifically, the bill requires ED to provide notice to the VA when it places an institution on heightened cash monitoring status due to a determination that the institution does not meet specific standards for the administration of a program of student financial aid. Further, the bill requires the VA to conduct an analysis of the risk posed by such an institution to students who use educational assistance provided by the VA. The VA must then notify any individual pursuing a course or program of education at the institution and also publish such notice on online.

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Official text

Safeguarding Student Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · 3 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4012 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116