{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7375","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7375","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-04-04","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-17","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h205","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education","result":"Passed","yea":397,"nay":15,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll205.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.","date":"2022-05-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-17","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update its payment system to allow for electronic fund transfer of VA educational assistance to a foreign institution of higher education that provides an approved course of education to eligible recipients and does not have an employer identification number or an account with a domestic bank."}],"words":56},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the Department of Veterans Affairs payment system so educational assistance can be sent by electronic fund transfer to certain foreign institutions of higher education.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text/eh#H5BFEEC26B22F458FB35F3BD45AB2AFF8"}]},"core_areas":["Electronic payment of VA educational assistance to foreign institutions of higher education"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the Department of Veterans Affairs payment system to allow electronic fund transfer of educational assistance administered by the Secretary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text/eh#H5BFEEC26B22F458FB35F3BD45AB2AFF8"}},{"text":"Sets the deadline for the update at not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text/eh#H5BFEEC26B22F458FB35F3BD45AB2AFF8"}},{"text":"Applies the electronic fund transfer option to a foreign institution of higher education that provides an approved course of education to an eligible recipient of the assistance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text/eh#H5BFEEC26B22F458FB35F3BD45AB2AFF8"}},{"text":"Limits the option to foreign institutions that do not have an employer identification number or do not have an account with a domestic bank.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text/eh#H5BFEEC26B22F458FB35F3BD45AB2AFF8"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7375/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-7375.png","v":"32c6ee368cca","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7375, 117th Congress: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education. House: 397 Yea, 15 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 May 2022."}}