substantiveMay 18, 2022 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 7375 — 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
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.
In plain language
- House bill in the 117th Congress.
- Requires VA (VA) to update its payment system to allow for electronic fund transfer of VA educational assistance.
- House passed it on May 18, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
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.
Roll-call breakdown
Yea397
Democrat: 215 · Republican: 182
Nay15
Republican: 15
Present0
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Not Voting16
Democrat: 5 · Republican: 11
How each member voted (428)
Yea (397)
- A. Donald McEachin (Democrat–VA)
- A. Drew Ferguson IV (Republican–GA)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democrat–VA)
- Adam B. Schiff (Democrat–CA)
- Adam Smith (Democrat–WA)
- Adrian Smith (Republican–NE)
- Adriano Espaillat (Democrat–NY)
- Al Green (Democrat–TX)
- Al Lawson, Jr. (Democrat–FL)
- Alan S. Lowenthal (Democrat–CA)
- Albio Sires (Democrat–NJ)
- Alexander X. Mooney (Republican–WV)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat–NY)
- Alma S. Adams (Democrat–NC)
- Ami Bera (Democrat–CA)
- André Carson (Democrat–IN)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican–NY)
- Andrew S. Clyde (Republican–GA)
- Andy Barr (Republican–KY)
- Andy Kim (Democrat–NJ)
- Andy Levin (Democrat–MI)
- Angie Craig (Democrat–MN)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (Democrat–AZ)
- Ann M. Kuster (Democrat–NH)
- Ann Wagner (Republican–MO)
- Anna G. Eshoo (Democrat–CA)
- Anthony Gonzalez (Republican–OH)
- Antonio Delgado (Democrat–NY)
- Ashley Hinson (Republican–IA)
- August Pfluger (Republican–TX)
- Austin Scott (Republican–GA)
- Ayanna Pressley (Democrat–MA)
- Barbara Lee (Democrat–CA)
- Barry Loudermilk (Republican–GA)
- Barry Moore (Republican–AL)
- Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat–MS)
- Beth Van Duyne (Republican–TX)
- Betty McCollum (Democrat–MN)
- Bill Foster (Democrat–IL)
- Bill Huizenga (Republican–MI)
- Bill Johnson (Republican–OH)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Bill Posey (Republican–FL)
- Billy Long (Republican–MO)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican–MO)
- Blake D. Moore (Republican–UT)
- Bob Gibbs (Republican–OH)
- Bob Good (Republican–VA)
- Bobby L. Rush (Democrat–IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat–NJ)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican–OH)
- Brad Sherman (Democrat–CA)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Democrat–IL)
- Brenda L. Lawrence (Democrat–MI)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat–PA)
- Brett Guthrie (Republican–KY)
- Brian Higgins (Democrat–NY)
- Brian J. Mast (Republican–FL)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican–PA)
- Bruce Westerman (Republican–AR)
- Bryan Steil (Republican–WI)
- Burgess Owens (Republican–UT)
- Byron Donalds (Republican–FL)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat–MD)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican–FL)
- Carol D. Miller (Republican–WV)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Carolyn Bourdeaux (Democrat–GA)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican–WA)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican–TN)
- Charlie Crist (Democrat–FL)
- Chellie Pingree (Democrat–ME)
- Cheri Bustos (Democrat–IL)
- Chris Jacobs (Republican–NY)
- Chris Pappas (Democrat–NH)
- Chris Stewart (Republican–UT)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat–PA)
- Christopher H. Smith (Republican–NJ)
- Claudia Tenney (Republican–NY)
- Clay Higgins (Republican–LA)
- Cliff Bentz (Republican–OR)
- Colin Z. Allred (Democrat–TX)
- Conor Lamb (Democrat–PA)
- Cori Bush (Democrat–MO)
- Cynthia Axne (Democrat–IA)
- Dan Crenshaw (Republican–TX)
- Dan Newhouse (Republican–WA)
- Daniel Meuser (Republican–PA)
- Daniel T. Kildee (Democrat–MI)
- Daniel Webster (Republican–FL)
- Danny K. Davis (Democrat–IL)
- Darin LaHood (Republican–IL)
- Darrell Issa (Republican–CA)
- Darren Soto (Democrat–FL)
- David B. McKinley (Republican–WV)
- David E. Price (Democrat–NC)
- David G. Valadao (Republican–CA)
- David J. Trone (Democrat–MD)
- David Kustoff (Republican–TN)
- David N. Cicilline (Democrat–RI)
- David P. Joyce (Republican–OH)
- David Rouzer (Republican–NC)
- David Schweikert (Republican–AZ)
- David Scott (Democrat–GA)
- Dean Phillips (Democrat–MN)
- Debbie Dingell (Democrat–MI)
- Debbie Lesko (Republican–AZ)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat–FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (Democrat–NC)
- Derek Kilmer (Democrat–WA)
- Diana DeGette (Democrat–CO)
- Diana Harshbarger (Republican–TN)
- Dina Titus (Democrat–NV)
- Don Bacon (Republican–NE)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald Norcross (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat–VA)
- Doris O. Matsui (Democrat–CA)
- Doug LaMalfa (Republican–CA)
- Doug Lamborn (Republican–CO)
- Dusty Johnson (Republican–SD)
- Dwight Evans (Democrat–PA)
- Earl Blumenauer (Democrat–OR)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican–GA)
- Ed Case (Democrat–HI)
- Ed Perlmutter (Democrat–CO)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat–TX)
- Elaine G. Luria (Democrat–VA)
- Elise M. Stefanik (Republican–NY)
- Elissa Slotkin (Democrat–MI)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat–MO)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican–AR)
- Eric Swalwell (Democrat–CA)
- Frank D. Lucas (Republican–OK)
- Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat–IN)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Fred Keller (Republican–PA)
- Fred Upton (Republican–MI)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat–FL)
- G. K. Butterfield (Democrat–NC)
- Garret Graves (Republican–LA)
- Gary J. Palmer (Republican–AL)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat–VA)
- Glenn Grothman (Republican–WI)
- Glenn Thompson (Republican–PA)
- Grace F. Napolitano (Democrat–CA)
- Grace Meng (Democrat–NY)
- Greg Pence (Republican–IN)
- Greg Stanton (Democrat–AZ)
- Gregory F. Murphy (Republican–NC)
- Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat–NY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican–FL)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Republican–PA)
- Gwen Moore (Democrat–WI)
- Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat–NY)
- Haley M. Stevens (Democrat–MI)
- Harold Rogers (Republican–KY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Henry Cuellar (Democrat–TX)
- Ilhan Omar (Democrat–MN)
- J. French Hill (Republican–AR)
- J. Luis Correa (Democrat–CA)
- Jack Bergman (Republican–MI)
- Jackie Speier (Democrat–CA)
- Jackie Walorski (Republican–IN)
- Jahana Hayes (Democrat–CT)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican–WA)
- Jake Auchincloss (Democrat–MA)
- Jake Ellzey (Republican–TX)
- Jake LaTurner (Republican–KS)
- Jamaal Bowman (Democrat–NY)
- James A. Himes (Democrat–CT)
- James Comer (Republican–KY)
- James P. McGovern (Democrat–MA)
- James R. Baird (Republican–IN)
- James R. Langevin (Democrat–RI)
- Jamie Raskin (Democrat–MD)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat–IL)
- Jared F. Golden (Democrat–ME)
- Jared Huffman (Democrat–CA)
- Jason Crow (Democrat–CO)
- Jason Smith (Republican–MO)
- Jay Obernolte (Republican–CA)
- Jeff Duncan (Republican–SC)
- Jefferson Van Drew (Republican–NJ)
- Jennifer Wexton (Democrat–VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (Democrat–NY)
- Jerry L. Carl (Republican–AL)
- Jerry McNerney (Democrat–CA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat–IL)
- Jim Banks (Republican–IN)
- Jim Cooper (Democrat–TN)
- Jim Costa (Democrat–CA)
- Jim Jordan (Republican–OH)
- Jimmy Gomez (Democrat–CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (Democrat–CA)
- Joaquin Castro (Democrat–TX)
- Jody B. Hice (Republican–GA)
- Joe Courtney (Democrat–CT)
- Joe Neguse (Democrat–CO)
- Joe Wilson (Republican–SC)
- John B. Larson (Democrat–CT)
- John Garamendi (Democrat–CA)
- John H. Rutherford (Republican–FL)
- John Katko (Republican–NY)
- John P. Sarbanes (Democrat–MD)
- John R. Curtis (Republican–UT)
- John R. Moolenaar (Republican–MI)
- John W. Rose (Republican–TN)
- Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat–NY)
- Josh Gottheimer (Democrat–NJ)
- Josh Harder (Democrat–CA)
- Joyce Beatty (Democrat–OH)
- Juan Vargas (Democrat–CA)
- Judy Chu (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Brownley (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Letlow (Republican–LA)
- Kaiali’i Kahele (Democrat–HI)
- Karen Bass (Democrat–CA)
- Kat Cammack (Republican–FL)
- Katherine M. Clark (Democrat–MA)
- Kathleen M. Rice (Democrat–NY)
- Kathy Castor (Democrat–FL)
- Kathy E. Manning (Democrat–NC)
- Katie Porter (Democrat–CA)
- Kelly Armstrong (Republican–ND)
- Ken Buck (Republican–CO)
- Ken Calvert (Republican–CA)
- Kevin Hern (Republican–OK)
- Kevin McCarthy (Republican–CA)
- Kim Schrier (Democrat–WA)
- Kurt Schrader (Democrat–OR)
- Kweisi Mfume (Democrat–MD)
- Lance Gooden (Republican–TX)
- Lauren Underwood (Democrat–IL)
- Lee M. Zeldin (Republican–NY)
- Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat–CA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat–DE)
- Lisa C. McClain (Republican–MI)
- Liz Cheney (Republican–WY)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Smucker (Republican–PA)
- Lois Frankel (Democrat–FL)
- Lori Trahan (Democrat–MA)
- Louie Gohmert (Republican–TX)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat–CA)
- Lucy McBath (Democrat–GA)
- Madeleine Dean (Democrat–PA)
- Madison Cawthorn (Republican–NC)
- Marc A. Veasey (Democrat–TX)
- Marcy Kaptur (Democrat–OH)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican–FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican–IA)
- Marie Newman (Democrat–IL)
- Marilyn Strickland (Democrat–WA)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican–FL)
- Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat–CA)
- Mark E. Amodei (Republican–NV)
- Mark E. Green (Republican–TN)
- Mark Pocan (Democrat–WI)
- Mark Takano (Democrat–CA)
- Markwayne Mullin (Republican–OK)
- Mary E. Miller (Republican–IL)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat–PA)
- Matt Cartwright (Democrat–PA)
- Matt Gaetz (Republican–FL)
- Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (Republican–MT)
- Maxine Waters (Democrat–CA)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat–NM)
- Michael Cloud (Republican–TX)
- Michael K. Simpson (Republican–ID)
- Michael R. Turner (Republican–OH)
- Michael T. McCaul (Republican–TX)
- Michael Waltz (Republican–FL)
- Michelle Fischbach (Republican–MN)
- Michelle Steel (Republican–CA)
- Mike Bost (Republican–IL)
- Mike Carey (Republican–OH)
- Mike Gallagher (Republican–WI)
- Mike Johnson (Republican–LA)
- Mike Kelly (Republican–PA)
- Mike Levin (Democrat–CA)
- Mike Quigley (Democrat–IL)
- Mike Rogers (Republican–AL)
- Mike Thompson (Democrat–CA)
- Mikie Sherrill (Democrat–NJ)
- Mo Brooks (Republican–AL)
- Mondaire Jones (Democrat–NY)
- Nancy Mace (Republican–SC)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat–CA)
- Neal P. Dunn (Republican–FL)
- Nicole Malliotakis (Republican–NY)
- Nikema Williams (Democrat–GA)
- Norma J. Torres (Democrat–CA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat–NY)
- Pat Fallon (Republican–TX)
- Patrick T. McHenry (Republican–NC)
- Paul A. Gosar (Republican–AZ)
- Paul Tonko (Democrat–NY)
- Pete Aguilar (Democrat–CA)
- Pete Sessions (Republican–TX)
- Pete Stauber (Republican–MN)
- Peter A. DeFazio (Democrat–OR)
- Peter Meijer (Republican–MI)
- Peter Welch (Democrat–VT)
- Pramila Jayapal (Democrat–WA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat–IL)
- Ralph Norman (Republican–SC)
- Randy Feenstra (Republican–IA)
- Rashida Tlaib (Democrat–MI)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat–AZ)
- Raul Ruiz (Democrat–CA)
- Richard E. Neal (Democrat–MA)
- Richard Hudson (Republican–NC)
- Rick Larsen (Democrat–WA)
- Rick W. Allen (Republican–GA)
- Ritchie Torres (Democrat–NY)
- Ro Khanna (Democrat–CA)
- Robert B. Aderholt (Republican–AL)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat–VA)
- Robert E. Latta (Republican–OH)
- Robert J. Wittman (Republican–VA)
- Robin L. Kelly (Democrat–IL)
- Rodney Davis (Republican–IL)
- Roger Williams (Republican–TX)
- Ron Kind (Democrat–WI)
- Ronny Jackson (Republican–TX)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat–CT)
- Ruben Gallego (Democrat–AZ)
- Russ Fulcher (Republican–ID)
- Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat–CA)
- Sam Graves (Republican–MO)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Sara Jacobs (Democrat–CA)
- Scott DesJarlais (Republican–TN)
- Scott Franklin (Republican–FL)
- Scott H. Peters (Democrat–CA)
- Scott Perry (Republican–PA)
- Sean Casten (Democrat–IL)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Seth Moulton (Democrat–MA)
- Sharice Davids (Democrat–KS)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democrat–FL)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat–TX)
- Shontel M. Brown (Democrat–OH)
- Stephanie I. Bice (Republican–OK)
- Stephanie N. Murphy (Democrat–FL)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat–MA)
- Steve Chabot (Republican–OH)
- Steve Cohen (Democrat–TN)
- Steve Scalise (Republican–LA)
- Steve Womack (Republican–AR)
- Steven Horsford (Democrat–NV)
- Steven M. Palazzo (Republican–MS)
- Susan Wild (Democrat–PA)
- Susie Lee (Democrat–NV)
- Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat–WA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat–OR)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat–TX)
- Ted Lieu (Democrat–CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat–NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (Democrat–AL)
- Theodore E. Deutch (Democrat–FL)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican–WI)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat–NY)
- Tim Burchett (Republican–TN)
- Tim Ryan (Democrat–OH)
- Tim Walberg (Republican–MI)
- Tom Cole (Republican–OK)
- Tom Emmer (Republican–MN)
- Tom Malinowski (Democrat–NJ)
- Tom O’Halleran (Democrat–AZ)
- Tom Rice (Republican–SC)
- Tony Cárdenas (Democrat–CA)
- Tony Gonzales (Republican–TX)
- Tracey Mann (Republican–KS)
- Trent Kelly (Republican–MS)
- Trey Hollingsworth (Republican–IN)
- Troy A. Carter (Democrat–LA)
- Troy Balderson (Republican–OH)
- Troy E. Nehls (Republican–TX)
- Val Butler Demings (Democrat–FL)
- Van Taylor (Republican–TX)
- Vern Buchanan (Republican–FL)
- Veronica Escobar (Democrat–TX)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat–TX)
- Vicky Hartzler (Republican–MO)
- Victoria Spartz (Republican–IN)
- W. Gregory Steube (Republican–FL)
- Warren Davidson (Republican–OH)
- William R. Keating (Democrat–MA)
- William R. Timmons IV (Republican–SC)
- Young Kim (Republican–CA)
- Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat–NY)
- Yvette Herrell (Republican–NM)
- Zoe Lofgren (Democrat–CA)
Nay (15)
- Andy Biggs (Republican–AZ)
- Andy Harris (Republican–MD)
- Ben Cline (Republican–VA)
- Brian Babin (Republican–TX)
- Chip Roy (Republican–TX)
- H. Morgan Griffith (Republican–VA)
- John Joyce (Republican–PA)
- John R. Carter (Republican–TX)
- Kay Granger (Republican–TX)
- Lauren Boebert (Republican–CO)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican–GA)
- Michael C. Burgess (Republican–TX)
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (Republican–TX)
- Ron Estes (Republican–KS)
- Scott Fitzgerald (Republican–WI)
Not Voting (16)
- Adam Kinzinger (Republican–IL)
- Anthony G. Brown (Democrat–MD)
- Dan Bishop (Republican–NC)
- James E. Clyburn (Democrat–SC)
- Jodey C. Arrington (Republican–TX)
- John A. Yarmuth (Democrat–KY)
- Kevin Brady (Republican–TX)
- Larry Bucshon (Republican–IN)
- Michael F. Doyle (Democrat–PA)
- Michael Guest (Republican–MS)
- Mike Garcia (Republican–CA)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat–MD)
- Ted Budd (Republican–NC)
- Thomas Massie (Republican–KY)
- Tom McClintock (Republican–CA)
- Virginia Foxx (Republican–NC)
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