US Congress Senate Bill 798 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-06-15 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 This bill revises the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program (public-private contributions for educational assistance in addition to post-9/11 educational assistance) to make such program available to: (1) the spouse or child of a service member who, on or after after September 11, 2001, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty (Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship recipients); and (2) a service member or veteran who serves at least 36 months on active duty beginning on or after such date. The bill provides educational assistance to individuals pursuing a degree while on active duty on more than, or less than, a half-time basis. The program permits colleges and universities to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the VA to cover a portion of certain higher education expenses, which shall be matched by the VA.

Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-15	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2017-03-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB2103 (Related) 2017-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/798/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s798/BILLS-115s798is.pdf