US Congress House Bill 3218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 84-37-1)
Status: Passed on August 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-16 - Became Public Law No: 115-48. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 This bill revises education and related benefits provided to veterans, service members, dependents, and survivors. The bill amends the Post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to: remove certain time restrictions on program use; increase assistance for reservists, guardsmen, dependents, and surviving spouses and dependents; provide full eligibility for Post-9/11 Purple Heart recipients and certain reservists and guardsmen; provide an extra academic years' worth of benefits for STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) degree candidates; establish a five-year pilot program for high technology courses; restore eligibility for service members whose school closes in the middle of a semester; authorize funding to improve claims processing; permit assistance to be used at certain institutions that are not institutions of higher education; and pro-rate the housing stipend for reservists called to active duty. The bill authorizes the Edith Nurse Rogers STEM Scholarship to help veterans complete STEM degrees. The Yellow Ribbon program is extended to Fry Scholarship recipients (surviving dependents of service members who died on active duty) and certain Purple Heart recipients. (The Yellow Ribbon program helps veterans pay for higher education tuition and fee costs not covered by the Post-9/11 program.) The bill: (1) extends the Advisory Committee on Education, (2) increases survivors' and dependents' educational assistance, and (3) extends funding for state educational program approving agencies. The bill provides statutory authority for the VetSuccess on Campus program, which provides veterans with on-campus educational and vocational counseling. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall make a new determination regarding each denied veteran's claim for disability compensation in connection with full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite at specified locations during World War II and resolve reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.

Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017

Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]
Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Sen. Jim Banks [R-IN]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Jodey Arrington [R-TX]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]

2017-07-24 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 409 (Y: 405 N: 0 NV: 28 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-16	Senate	Became Public Law No: 115-48. (TXT | PDF)
2017-08-16	Senate	Signed by President.
2017-08-07	Senate	Presented to President.
2017-08-03	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2017-08-02	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4716)
2017-07-26	Senate	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2017-07-25	Senate	Received in the Senate, read twice.
2017-07-24	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-07-24	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 0 (Roll no. 409). (text: CR H6158-6165)
2017-07-24	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6197-6198)
2017-07-24	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2017-07-24	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3218.
2017-07-24	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6158-6170)
2017-07-24	House	Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2017-07-24	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
2017-07-24	House	Committee on Armed Services discharged.
2017-07-24	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-247, Part I.
2017-07-19	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2017-07-19	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-07-17	House	Committee Hearings Held.
2017-07-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2017-07-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-07-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-07-13	House	Introduced in House

SB1598 (Related) 2017-08-02 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200.
HB1104 (Related) 2017-03-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
SB1192 (Related) 2017-06-15 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
HB245 (Related) 2017-01-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB925 (Related) 2017-03-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB1112 (Related) 2017-03-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB1391 (Related) 2017-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB1956 (Related) 2017-04-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB1994 (Related) 2017-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB2099 (Related) 2017-04-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB2108 (Related) 2017-04-20 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB3372 (Related) 2017-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
SB410 (Related) 2017-06-15 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
HB3370 (Related) 2017-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB3205 (Related) 2017-07-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB2257 (Related) 2017-04-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
SB1362 (Related) 2017-06-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB1555 (Related) 2017-07-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3218/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3218/BILLS-115hr3218ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3218/BILLS-115hr3218rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3218/BILLS-115hr3218eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3218/BILLS-115hr3218enr.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017409