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S. 2949IntroducedARMED FORCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

Department of Defense · Department of Education · Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Sponsor
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
D · NV
Key facts
Introduced: Sep 27, 2023
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 118th
Latest action · Sep 17, 2024
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-744.

Summary

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees who are eligible for the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment (beginning on October 1, 2007) automatically certified and counted towards the program.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Sep 17, 2024
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-744.
  2. Sep 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  3. Sep 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate

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