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S. 1598 (115th)

Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017

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Introduced

20 July 2017

Last action

2 August 2017 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200.

Sponsors

Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV], Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]

Subjects

Defence, Housing, Education

Source updated

14 January 2025

Defence · Housing · Education

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Summary

Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 This bill revises education and related benefits provided to veterans, service members, dependents, and survivors. The bill amends the Post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to: remove certain time restrictions on program use; increase assistance for reservists, guardsmen, dependents, and surviving spouses and dependents; provide full eligibility for Post-9/11 Purple Heart recipients and certain reservists and guardsmen; provide an extra academic years' worth of benefits for STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) degree candidates; establish a five-year pilot program for high technology courses; restore eligibility for service members whose school closes in the middle of a semester; authorize funding to improve claims processing; permit assistance to be used at certain institutions that are not institutions of higher education; and pro-rate the housing stipend for reservists called to active duty. The bill authorizes the Edith Nurse Rogers STEM Scholarship to help veterans complete STEM degrees. The Yellow Ribbon program is extended to Fry Scholarship recipients (surviving dependents of service members who died on active duty) and certain Purple Heart recipients. (The Yellow Ribbon program helps veterans pay for higher education tuition and fee costs not covered by the Post-9/11 program.) The bill: (1) extends the Advisory Committee on Education, (2) increases survivors' and dependents' educational assistance, and (3) extends funding for state educational program approving agencies. The bill provides statutory authority for the veterans success of campus program which provides veterans with on-campus educational and vocational counseling. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall: (1) make a new determination regarding each denied veteran's claim for disability compensation in connection with full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite at specified locations during World War II, and (2) presume such exposure unless there is affirmative evidence otherwise.

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Timeline

  1. 20 July 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 July 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 26 July 2017

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Source: Committee

  4. 2 August 2017

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200.

    Source: Calendars

  5. 2 August 2017

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson without amendment. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  6. 2 August 2017

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson without amendment. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

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