HR 7477
118th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024
Introduced: February 29, 2024
Introduced by:
Van Orden, Derrick
Republican
· Wisconsin
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Became law
Feb 29, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 29, 2024
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024
This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees who are eligible for the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment (beginning on October 1, 2007) certified.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
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