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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 551 

Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 18 through 

June 22, 2018, as National GI Bill Commemoration Week. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 19, 2018 

Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. TESTER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 

TILLIS, and Mr. NELSON) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 

18 through June 22, 2018, as National GI Bill Commemoration Week. 

Whereas, on June 22, 1944, in demonstration of the full support of the United States for the transition of members 

of the Armed Forces to civilian life, President Franklin 

D. Roosevelt signed into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284), more commonly known 

as the ‘‘G.I. Bill of Rights’’; 

Whereas such Act made available to 16,000,000 veterans who 

served in the Armed Forces during World War II immediate financial support and transformational education 

and home loan programs; 


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Whereas such Act contributed 450,000 engineers, 240,000 

accountants, 238,000 teachers, 91,000 scientists, 67,000 

doctors, 122,000 dentists, 17,000 writers and editors, 

and thousands of other professionals to the workforce of 

the United States; 

Whereas this combination of opportunities changed the social 

and economic fabric of the United States, with a 1988 

report from the Subcommittee on Education and Health 

of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress concluding 

that for every $1 the United States invested in such Act, 

$6.90 was returned in growth to the economy of the 

United States; 

Whereas such Act expressed the duty, responsibility, and desire of a grateful United States to see to it that those 

who served on active duty in the Armed Forces are afforded every opportunity to become disciplined forces for 

United States prosperity and progress, through economic 

opportunity and investment; 

Whereas Congress enacted subsequent Acts to provide educational assistance to new generations of veterans, including the Veterans’ Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 

(Public Law 89–358), the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans’ 

Educational Assistance Act of 1977 (Public Law 94– 

502), the Veterans’ Educational Assistance Act of 1984 

(Public Law 98–525), and the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–252); 

and 

Whereas the week of June 18 through June 22, 2018, is an 

appropriate week to designate as ‘‘National GI Bill Commemoration Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) honors the achievements of the Servicemen’s 

2 Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284) in democ3 ratizing higher education, establishing greater citi4 zenship through economic empowerment, and em5 powering a generation that would serve for decades 

6 to guide the transformation of the United States 

7 into a global force for good; and 

8 (2) affirms Congress’ responsibility to be faith9 ful stewards of educational assistance provided 

10 under laws administered by the Secretary of Vet11 erans Affairs to ensure that such assistance endures 

12 as an honorable investment of public dollars. 

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