US Congress House Bill 1399 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 93-50-1)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veteran Education Empowerment Act Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award up to 30 four-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or consortia of IHEs to establish, maintain, and improve Veteran Student Centers. Permits a grantee to use a portion of the grant to provide veteran students with supportive instruction services. Requires a grantee to be an IHE or consortium that: (1) enrolls in undergraduate or graduate courses a significant number or percentage of veterans or members of the Armed Forces, and (2) presents a sustainability plan demonstrating that its Veteran Student Center will be maintained and will continue to operate after the grant ends. Defines a "Veteran Student Center" as a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with: (1) a lounge or meeting space for themselves, their spouses or partners, and veterans in the community; (2) a centralized office for veteran services that is staffed by trained employees and volunteers and serves as a single point of contact to coordinate veterans support services; and (3) comprehensive academic and tutoring services to veterans. Requires that office to provide such students with assistance in: transitioning from the military to student life, transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce, networking with other veteran students and veterans in the community, understanding and obtaining benefits provided by the IHE and federal and state government for which they may be eligible, understanding how to succeed in the IHE, and understanding their disability-related rights and protections under specified federal laws. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a website for veteran student services at IHEs, which details best practices for serving veteran students at IHEs.

Veteran Education Empowerment Act

Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2015-03-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-03-17	House	Introduced in House

SB604 (Related) 2015-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1399/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1399/BILLS-114hr1399ih.pdf