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H.R. 6157: Transparency for Student Veterans Act

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H.R. 6157: Transparency for Student Veterans Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-09 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. 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

Transparency for Student Veterans Act

Plain summary

Transparency for Student Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide student outcome information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces under its comprehensive policy to provide education information on institutions of higher learning and training opportunities via the GI Bill comparison tool. Specifically, the VA must enter into a memorandum of understanding with specified agencies (e.g., Department of Defense) to receive specified information from such agencies about student outcomes with respect to students who are veterans, members of the Armed Forces, or dependents of such veterans or members. The bill requires the agencies to provide information including, but not limited to, graduation rates, student loan default rates, and median earnings for graduates. The VA must develop a plan to protect personally identifiable information when providing information on aggregate student outcomes.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Transparency for Student Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6157, Transparency for Student Veterans Act (2020-06-01)

Cosponsors on this site

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6157 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116