A bill to modify the effective date for inclusion of certain members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2475
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-09-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill modifies the effective date on which certain active duty service members are included under the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program. This program allows colleges and universities to voluntarily enter into agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover costs that are not covered by existing educational assistance amounts. </p> <p>The bill includes under the program active duty service members who are pursuing a program of education on a more than half-time basis starting on August 1, 2020, instead of the previous effective date of August 1, 2022.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2475 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 12, 2019 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To modify the effective date for inclusion of certain members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program, and for other purposes.

1. Modification of effective date regarding inclusion of certain members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program Section 104(b) of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–48 ) is amended by striking August 1, 2022 and inserting August 1, 2020 .