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