U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5436: End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at such institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance.
What the bill says
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at such institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance.
From the committee substitute text, September 24, 2026:
A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at such institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act . SECTION 2. Prohibition of withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at an educational institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance Subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and amending the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): SECTION 3328. Prohibition of withholding transcripts An educational institution may not withhold the transcript of an individual who attended a course or program of education at such educational institution using educational assistance under this chapter solely because such individual owes a debt to such educational institution. . September 24, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Sponsors
- John Mannion (D, HD-022) · primary sponsor
- James Moylan (R, HD-000)
Latest actions
- : Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 732.
- : Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-835.
- : Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- : Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Subcommittee Hearings Held
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- : Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Student records, Higher education, Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation, Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB5436?
- HB5436 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act.
- What does HB5436 do?
- In its own words: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at such institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance.
- What is the status of HB5436?
- In committee as of September 24, 2026. Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 732. (September 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5436?
- John Mannion (D, HD-022), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB5436?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5436
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