To amend title 38, United States Code, to make an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under chapter 33 of such title, transfers such educational assistance to a dependent, and fails to complete a service agreement, solely liable for any overpayment of such educational assistance.
Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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 6, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill imposes sole liability for overpayments of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill on the individual who was eligible for such assistance in situations where the individual failed to complete a service agreement and transferred the entitlement to a dependent.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 6, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
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 6, 2020Markup Mar 12, 2020 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2020Discharged Mar 12, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
- Mar 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 2, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Feb 6, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2020Referred 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, 2020H.R. 5781, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under chapter 33 of such title, transfers such educational assistance to a dependent, and fails to complete a service agreement...As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 25, February 6, 2020, page H936.
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 make an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under chapter 33 of such title, transfers such educational assistance to a dependent, and fails to complete a service agreement, solely liable for any overpayment of such educational assistance.
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 6, 2020Introduced 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.
