S 1736
113th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
SERVe Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8193)
Nov 19, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act or the SERVe Act - Excludes from the definitions of "active duty," "active duty for training," and "inactive duty training," for veteran benefit or employment preference purposes, any service performed at a preparatory school of a service academy by a student who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8193)
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1736: SERVe Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1736/
"S. 1736: SERVe Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1736/.
S. 1736, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1736/.
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