Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 28, 2007 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.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2007 - Makes eligible for basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill a member of the Selected Reserve who (among other qualifications), during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2008, serves on active duty in the Armed Forces for one or more periods aggregating not less than two years. Entitles such individuals to one month of educational assistance for each month served on active duty. Makes the amount of such assistance equivalent to that provided for active-duty personnel who have served a minimum of two years of active duty. Requires the basic pay of qualifying members to be reduced by $100 for each of first 12 months of such active duty service.
Requires the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to inform eligible Selected Reserve personnel of such entitlement.
Cosponsors 69
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2007 to Aug 3, 2007; 55 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-NM | Heather Wilson | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Aug 3, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2007 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2007 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2007 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Feb 27, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2007Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-64 | PENDING MONTGOMERY GI BILL LEGISLATION79 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 17, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-56 | UPDATING THE MONTGOMERY GI BILL145 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Oct 18, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-10 | EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES57 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 22, 2007 |
| H.A.S.C. No. 110-22 | NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 AND OVERSIGHT OF PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION101 pages | Armed Services Committee | Feb 28, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate more than two years of active duty service in any five year period, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2007Introduced in House
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