H.R. 4020: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into arrangements with institutions of higher education to provide dual or concurrent enrollment programs for students enrolled in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-06-17 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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To authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into arrangements with institutions of higher education to provide dual or concurrent enrollment programs for students enrolled in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.

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To authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into arrangements with institutions of higher education to provide dual or concurrent enrollment programs for students enrolled in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr4020.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] · 0 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr4020 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills