HR 5538 · 115th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans' entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.
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House Vote4
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2018-07-25)
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This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5538, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active-duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered...
Jul 18, 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 12, 2018
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Cosponsors (10)
4 Democrats6 Republicans