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S 2949 118th Congress Senate 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 2023

Introduced: September 27, 2023 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 17, 2024
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-744.
Sep 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sep 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

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) automatically certified and counted towards the program.

What's happening now September 17, 2024

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-744.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2949: Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2949/
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"S. 2949: Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2949/.
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S. 2949, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2949/.
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