United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5538 (115th)
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.
Introduced
17 April 2018
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Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Summary
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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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 25 July 2018
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 25 July 2018
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 24 July 2018
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 24 July 2018
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 24 July 2018
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 24 July 2018
Passed House without amendment
summary · EN · 24 July 2018
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 April 2018
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 April 2018
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 April 2018
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5538
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5538