Wage Adjustment for Veterans Student Act

Bill: 115-hr-4360
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Labor standards

Student aid and college costs

Temporary and part-time employment

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Wage Adjustment for Veterans Student Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay the higher of the federal, state, or local government minimum wage as a work-study allowance under the educational assistance programs. Currently, the VA must pay the higher of the state or federal minimum wage. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4360 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2017 Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Gomez , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Ms. Norton , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Peters , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Sarbanes , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Velázquez , and Mr. Smith of Washington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to include local government minimum wage requirements in determining the hourly minimum wage applicable for purposes of the work-study allowance under the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wage Adjustment for Veterans Student Act . 2. Amount of work-study allowance under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 3485(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (6) For the purposes of this subsection and subsection (e), the term applicable hourly minimum wages means the higher of the following wages: (A) The hourly minimum wage under section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(a) ). (B) The hourly minimum wage under comparable law of the State in which the services are to be performed. (C) The hourly minimum wage under comparable law of the local government with jurisdiction over the area in which the services are to be performed. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a payment of work-study allowance made on or after January 1, 2019.