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 · Mar 21, 2023 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2023
- Passed HouseMar 7, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This 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 Department of Veterans Affairs (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 through November 28, 2031, higher rates for certain loan fees under the VA home loan program.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 7, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 7, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Mar 7, 2023 |
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 Jan 25, 2023 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Feb 8, 2023 | |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2023 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2023Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
- Mar 16, 2023Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Mar 8, 2023Received in the Senate.
- Mar 7, 2023Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 7, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1124-1125)
- Mar 7, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 502.
- Mar 7, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1124)
- Mar 7, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 8, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2023Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S839 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S835 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Mar 16, 2023 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1124, H1125Text printed H1124 | Jim Banks R-IN, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Mar 7, 2023 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 16, January 25, 2023, page H324.
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 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.
- Mar 21, 2023Placed on Calendar Senate
- Mar 7, 2023Engrossed in House
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced 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.
