I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2910 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for reimbursement 
to members of the Armed Forces of tuition for programs of education 
delayed by military service, for deferment of students loans and reduced 
interest rates for members of the Armed Forces during periods of mili-
tary service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. MITCHELL, and Mr. WALZ of Min-
nesota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide 
for reimbursement to members of the Armed Forces 
of tuition for programs of education delayed by military 
service, for deferment of students loans and reduced 
interest rates for members of the Armed Forces during 
periods of military service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Education 
Tuition Support Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘VETS Act of 
2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) There is no more important cause than the 
defense of the United States. 
(2) Since 2003, nearly 1,300,000 members of 
the Armed Forces have served in Iraq or Afghani-
stan and over 420,000 members of the Armed 
Forces in the National Guard and Reserve have been 
called to active duty. 
(3) The men and women of the Armed Forces 
put their lives on hold, leave their families, jobs, and 
postsecondary education in order to serve the United 
States, and do so with distinction. 
(4) In 2005, 500,000 veterans claimed edu-
cation benefits from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs and approximately 47,000 of those veterans are 
members of the National Guard or Reserve and re-
cently returned from serving in the Armed Forces in 
Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(5) Many members of the Armed Forces depend 
on various forms of financial aid in addition to their 
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Montgomery GI Bill benefits to help fund their col-
lege education. 
(6) The 6 percent interest rate cap on all debts 
of members of the Armed Forces called to active 
duty guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.) has been inter-
preted narrowly by the Secretary of Education not 
to apply to Federal student loans. 
(7) Members of the Armed Forces who return 
from deployment overseas in the Armed Forces and 
who are unable to continue immediately a program 
of education that they were forced to discontinue be-
cause of such deployment are being forced to begin 
making payments on their private students loans 
only 1 month after such return. 
(8) The transition from service in the Armed 
Forces in a combat theater to a classroom is a dif-
ficult challenge and should not be rushed merely to 
avoid paying back student loans. 
(9) As of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
colleges are not required to make reasonable accom-
modations for students who are called to active duty 
in the Armed Forces, such as tuition reimbursement 
and relaxation of requirements for reenrollment. 
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