S 649
119th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 21, 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 20, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Plain-English summary
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025
This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 educational assistance for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard. Specifically, the bill expands the types of activities that count towards Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility to include active duty, inactive-duty training, annual training duty, and full-time National Guard duty or active duty. (Generally, under current law, only federal active duty counts towards educational assistance eligibility.)
What's happening now
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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