HR 595 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013

Introduced Feb 8, 2013 Originated House Sponsor G. K. Butterfield D-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 22, 2013 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. IntroducedFeb 8, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013 - Revises the formula for the payment by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program and pursuing programs of education at public institutions of higher learning to include, as an additional payment formula, the greater of: (1) the actual net costs for in-state tuition after applying the receipt of any tuition waivers, reductions, scholarships, or other assistance; or (2) $17,500 for the academic year beginning on August 1, 2011 (such amount to be increased each subsequent year by the average percentage increase in undergraduate tuition costs).

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2013 to Jul 25, 2014, with 25 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 8, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  2. Feb 8, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 8, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 262Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013Identical billJun 12, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Feb 8, 2013Introduced in House

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