S 3777 · 115th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018

Introduced 2018-12-18· Sponsored by Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
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Senate Vote
House
Enacted
Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-422.(2019-01-03)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2018-12-20
Roll #466
Yea 389Nay 0
Democrats
177 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
212 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2018-12-20
Roll #466
Yea 389Nay 0
Democrats
177 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
212 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a team of experts to report to Congress addressing issues in the implementation of educational housing assistance for veterans. Specifically, the team will address issues with the payment of educational housing stipends to eligible veterans, as a result of amendments made to the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, commonly known as the Forever GI Bill. Among other things, changes made to the act affected the calculation of the housing stipend amount based on campus location.…

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Cosponsors (10)

8 Democrats2 Republicans