To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple Heart.
Latest action · Mar 9, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill entitles members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart for service occurring on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Department of Veterans Affairs' Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2017 to Jun 12, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Mar 7, 2017 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Mar 7, 2017 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Mar 7, 2017 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | May 8, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 8, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 8, 2017 |
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 Mar 7, 2017 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Mar 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 24, 2017H.R. 1379, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple HAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 8, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 39, March 7, 2017, page H1594.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-215 | HEARING ON PENDING LEGISLATION150 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 15, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple Heart.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
