Fairness in Veterans' Education Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-972
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
Introduced: 2025-03-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Fairness in Veterans’ Education Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill modifies the process for repaying service members and veterans who paid to keep benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, but later chose to utilize Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue the repayments with the last monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This requirement has limited the repayments to individuals who are receiving stipends. Under the bill, the VA must make such a repayment before the exhaustion of the individual's entitlement to education assistance.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 972 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11, 2025 Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Gallego ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness in Veterans' Education Act of 2025 . 2. Repayment of members of the Armed Forces for contributions toward Post-9/11 Educational Assistance (a) In general Section 3327(f)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking together and all that follows through (as applicable), . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on August 1, 2025.