To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 29, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedNov 9, 2021
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill modifies Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education and home loan programs.
The bill modifies the process for repaying service members and veterans who paid to keep benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, but later chose to utilize Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement for the VA to issue the repayments with the last monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This requirement has limited the repayments to individuals who are receiving stipends. Under the bill, the VA must make such a repayment before the exhaustion of the individual's entitlement to education assistance.
Additionally, the bill extends from January 14, 2031, to January 28, 2031, higher rates for certain loan fees under the VA home loan program.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Nov 9, 2021Markup Sep 21, 2022 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Nov 29, 2021Discharged Sep 20, 2022 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2022 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Sep 28, 2022Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 28, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8184-8185)
- Sep 28, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5918.
- Sep 28, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8184)
- Sep 28, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 28, 2022The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 21, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 21, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 20, 2022Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
- Nov 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Nov 9, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8184, H8185Text printed H8184Notices H8217Estimated budget effects of H.R. 5918, repay Armed Forces members for certain contributions made towards Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance ProgramTables H8217Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5918, repay Armed Forces members for certain contributions made towards Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program | John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Sep 28, 2022 |
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
- Sep 27, 2022H.R. 5918, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational AssistanceAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 196, November 9, 2021, page H6242.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6073 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance. | Reintroduction of | Mar 4, 2020 |
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 ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2022Referred in Senate
- Sep 28, 2022Engrossed in House
- Nov 9, 2021Introduced 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.
