HR 5047 · 114th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016

Introduced 2016-04-25· Sponsored by Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(2016-12-01)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2016-11-30
Roll #591
Yea 411Nay 3
Democrats
178 Yea·3 Nay
Republicans
233 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2016-11-30
Roll #591
Yea 411Nay 3
Democrats
178 Yea·3 Nay
Republicans
233 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016 This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) counselors who provide specified educational or vocational counseling services to provide a requesting veteran or member of the Armed Forces with information about the articulation agreements (agreements governing the transferability of credits toward meeting specific degree or program requirements) of each institution of higher learning in which the individual is interested. The VA shall provide a veteran who is certified as eligible for VA educational assistance with information on education counseling services and articulation agreements.…

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H.R. 5047, Protecting Veterans’ Educational Choice Act of 2016

Oct 13, 2016

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2016

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Cosponsors (20)

2 Democrats18 Republicans