HOUSE 730116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 1/23/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-23Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2019-01-23Introduced in House
- 2019-01-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-23 (00)
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2019
This bill expands educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program to include application fees for institutions of higher learning.
The amount of such assistance payable to an individual shall be the lesser of the total application fees charged to the individual by the institutions, or $750.
Cosponsors (20)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
- WALTER JONES (R-NC)
- Austin Scott (R-GA)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Mark Meadows (R-NC)
- Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Mark Walker (R-NC)
- Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Susan Brooks (R-IN)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
Subjects
- Higher education
- Student aid and college costs
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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