ERIC Number: ED597877
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Mar-2
Pages: 17
Abstractor: ERIC
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GI Bill Legislation Enacted in the 114th Congress. CRS Report R44586, Version 9. Updated
Dortch, Cassandria
Congressional Research Service
The GI Bills® provide financial assistance to individuals, whose eligibility is based on their or a family member's experience in the uniformed services, while enrolled in approved programs of education or training programs. Throughout the 114th Congress, the House and the Senate committees on veterans' affairs have held several GI Bill oversight and legislative hearings. Congress has shown an interest in ensuring the GI Bills help veterans and their dependents realize the goal of attaining successful careers. This report discusses each of the measures enacted in the 114th Congress that made changes to GI Bill programs. It presents a thematic discussion of the primary changes adopted, initially offering contextual information on prior provisions and issues being addressed by amendments. It then describes the amendments. One amendment terminates the Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP). Several enacted provisions enhance GI Bill benefits. Several other provisions are designed to improve the processes and standards for approving and reviewing programs of education at which GI Bill benefits may be used by making the standards more rigorous and giving some participants more time before their programs are disapproved. Finally, one of the provisions enacted reduces benefit costs in order to help pay for the provisions that would increase other benefit costs. [For related reports, see ED597878 and ED597856.]
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid, Educational Legislation, Change
Congressional Research Service. Web site: https://crsreports.congress.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: G I Bill
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