Veterans Higher Education Opportunity Act

Bill: 113-hr-4232
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged

Elementary and secondary education

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Student aid and college costs

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Veterans Higher Education Opportunity Act - Amend title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish what is to be considered a year of service for determining the percentage of an individual's Federal Perkins Loan that is to be cancelled for military service that qualifies for special pay for occurring in an area of hostilities.</p> <p>Defines such individual's &quot;year of service&quot; as a qualified tour of duty that: (1) lasted at least six months, or (2) lasted less than six months because the member was discharged or released from active duty due to an injury or disability incurred in or aggravated by the member's military service.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4232 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2014 Ms. Gabbard (for herself and Mr. Gibson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To clarify the cancellation of loans of members of the Armed Forces under the Federal Perkins Loan Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Higher Education Opportunity Act . 2. Cancellation of loans of members of the armed forces made from student loan funds Section 465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) For the purpose of this subsection, the term year of service where applied to service by a member of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (2)(D) means a qualified tour of duty that— (A) is for 6 months or longer; or (B) was less than 6 months because the member was discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces for an injury or disability incurred in or aggravated by service in the Armed Forces. .