HR 1206 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017

Introduced Feb 21, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Luke Messer R-IN

Latest action · Apr 11, 2018 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 21, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017

This bill makes an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program eligible for assistance with the fees for applying to institutions of higher education (IHEs).

The amount of such assistance payable to an individual shall be the lesser of: (1) the total application fees charged to the individual by the IHEs, or (2) $750.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 21, 2017 to Jun 12, 2018; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-NY	John J. Faso	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-MD	John K. Delaney	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-NC	Mark Walker	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Feb 21, 2017
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Feb 21, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Feb 27, 2017
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 27, 2017
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Feb 27, 2017
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Feb 27, 2017
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Feb 27, 2017
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Feb 27, 2017
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Feb 27, 2017
D-CA	Mark Takano		Feb 27, 2017
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Feb 27, 2017
R-IA	David Young		Mar 7, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Mar 7, 2017
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Mar 7, 2017
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Mar 8, 2017
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Mar 8, 2017
R-GA	Austin Scott		Mar 13, 2017
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Mar 13, 2017
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Mar 13, 2017
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Mar 13, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 13, 2017
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Mar 20, 2017
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Mar 20, 2017
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 21, 2017
D-CT	James A. Himes		Mar 27, 2017
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Mar 29, 2017
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Apr 3, 2017
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Apr 6, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Apr 12, 2017
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 27, 2017
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		May 1, 2017
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Nov 8, 2017
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jan 3, 2018
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Mar 19, 2018
R-IN	Jim Banks		Mar 20, 2018
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Mar 29, 2018
R-CA	Paul Cook		Apr 2, 2018
R-MO	Sam Graves		Apr 2, 2018
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Apr 11, 2018
R-AL	Martha Roby		Apr 11, 2018
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Apr 11, 2018
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Apr 13, 2018
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Apr 13, 2018
R-TX	Ted Poe		Apr 17, 2018
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Jun 12, 2018

Committees 1

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 21, 2017Hearings Mar 20, 2018
	Economic Opportunity Subcommittee	Referred Mar 6, 2017Markup Apr 11, 2018Reported Apr 11, 2018

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 11, 2018Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 11, 2018Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Mar 20, 2018Committee Hearings Held.
Mar 6, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Feb 21, 2017Introduced in House

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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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 31, February 21, 2017, page H1316.

Printed hearings 2

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. 115-63	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2409; H.R. 5452; H.R. 5538; H.R. 5644; H.R. 5649; AND H.R. 588262 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	May 23, 2018
Serial No. 115-54	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1206; H.R. 3023; H.R. 3940; H.R. 4451; H.R. 4830; H.R. 4835; H.R. 5044; AND A DRAFT BILL ENTITLED, "VA HOME LOAN IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2018"50 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Mar 20, 2018

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 include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017

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 21, 2017Introduced in House

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