HR 5826 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of active duty for purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain service in the National Guard.

Introduced Jul 22, 2010 Originated House Sponsor Jason Altmire D-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 23, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 22, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Revises provisions concerning the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to include as active duty service (and therefore qualify for program assistance) full-time service in the National Guard: (1) organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the National Guard; or (2) when authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense (DOD) for responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by federal funds.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 22, 2010.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PATodd Russell PlattsOriginalJul 22, 2010

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  2. Jul 22, 2010Introduced in House
  3. Jul 22, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 22, 2010Introduced in House

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