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H.R. 5436: End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-17 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 732.

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End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act

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End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5436.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5436 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills