Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 12, 2025 Became Public Law No: 119-55.
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 5, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 7, 2025
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2025
- To the PresidentDec 3, 2025
- Became lawDec 12, 2025Public Law 119-55
Summary
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
This act requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs disapprove courses of education provided by educational institutions that charge higher than in-state tuition for individuals utilizing the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve education benefits while living in the state where the education is located, regardless of the individual’s state of residence.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
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 5, 2025Exchange of letters |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2025 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025Exchange of letters |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2025Discharged Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-55.
- Dec 12, 2025Signed by President.
- Dec 3, 2025Presented to President.
- Nov 20, 2025Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 20, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
- Nov 20, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 8, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Apr 7, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1432-1433)
- Apr 7, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 7, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 983.
- Apr 7, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1432)
- Apr 7, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 2
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 S8400 | Thom Tillis R-NC | Nov 20, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1432–H1433Text printed H1432 | Derrick Van Orden R-WI, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Apr 7, 2025 |
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. 171, no. 24, February 5, 2025, page H505.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to a veteran using certain educational assistance under title 10 of such Code, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to a veteran using certain educational assistance under title 10 of such Code, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Apr 8, 2025Referred in Senate
- Apr 7, 2025Engrossed in House
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
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