To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans' entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

Bill: 115-hr-5538
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2018-04-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.</p>

action_date: 2018-07-24
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p> (Sec. 1) This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5538 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2018 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Bergman , Mr. Walz , Mr. O'Rourke , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Poliquin , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , and Mr. Palazzo ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

1. Inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspension of charges to entitlement during periods of suspended participation in Department of Veterans Affairs vocational rehabilitation programs Section 3105(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking or 12304 and inserting 12304, 12304a, or 12304b .

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5538 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

1. Inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspension of charges to entitlement during periods of suspended participation in Department of Veterans Affairs vocational rehabilitation programs Section 3105(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking or 12304 and inserting 12304, 12304a, or 12304b .

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5538 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2018 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

1. Inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspension of charges to entitlement during periods of suspended participation in Department of Veterans Affairs vocational rehabilitation programs Section 3105(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking or 12304 and inserting 12304, 12304a, or 12304b .

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 673 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5538 [Report No. 115–870] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2018 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Bergman , Mr. Walz , Mr. O'Rourke , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Poliquin , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , and Mr. Palazzo ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs July 24, 2018 Additional sponsors: Mr. Coffman , Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , and Mr. Calvert July 24, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

1. Inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspension of charges to entitlement during periods of suspended participation in Department of Veterans Affairs vocational rehabilitation programs Section 3105(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking or 12304 and inserting 12304, 12304a, or 12304b .

July 24, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed