Welcome Home G.I. Bill Act of 2005
Latest action · Jun 21, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Welcome Home G.I. Bill Act of 2005 - Increases and extends the duration of basic educational assistance for individuals who serve at least six consecutive months (with exceptions from the six consecutive months requirement due to medical, hardship, or involuntary separation ) on active duty outside the United States as part of a combat or contingency operation (including a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation) beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending five years after enactment of this Act.
Permits assistance use for student loan repayment. Provides for refund of educational contributions made under the Montgomery G.I. Bill program.
Increases and extends the duration of educational assistance for reserve component members called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency who perform active duty service for 180 consecutive days before the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Permits assistance use for student loan repayment.
Provides $5,000 for a residential purchase downpayment for a veteran who: (1) performs active duty service outside the United States as part of a combat or contingency operation (including a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation) for at least six consecutive months (or a lesser time period for an individual with a service-connected disability) after September 11, 2001; and (2) has not previously obtained a veterans' guaranteed or insured housing loan. Makes such benefit available for five years from the date eligible service is completed.
Amends the the Internal Revenue Code to exclude such housing benefit from gross income.
Provides transitional health care benefits during the five-year period after separation from active duty for an individual who is not covered under an employer-provided or a spouse's employer-provided group health plan who: (1) serves in the active military, naval, or air service; (2) after September 11, 2001, is deployed outside the United States as part of a combat or contingency operation (including a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation) for at least six consecutive months (or a lesser time period for an individual with a service-connected disability); and (3) is discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
Revises predeployment and postdeployment medical exam provisions.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 28, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jun 1, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jun 1, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 28, 2005Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2005Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1019 | Welcome Home G.I. Bill Act of 2005 | Related bill | May 12, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Disabled
- Education
- Health
- Higher education
- Home ownership
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing finance
- Housing subsidies
- Income tax
- Iraq compilation
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medically uninsured
- Military medicine
- Military operations
- Peacekeeping forces
- Physical examinations
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Scholarships
- Student loan funds
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Veterans' benefits
- Veterans' education
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2005Introduced in House
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