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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-744.
Cosponsors
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