S Bill 2949 Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

Purpose and Summary

Chamber: Senate

Introduced date: 2023-09-27

Recent Activity

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Alternative Names

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

Associated Legislation

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024

Policy Areas

Armed Forces and National Security

Potential Impact

Department of Defense

Department of Education

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Sponsors and Supporters

Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Cosponsors and Supporters

Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

Committees and Subcommittees

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Armed Services Committee

Variations and Revisions

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

10/9/2024, 5:21 PM

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty milit...

Congress
118
Number
S - 2949
Introduced on
2023-09-27
# Amendments
0
Sponsors
+5
Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

9/27/2023
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Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty milit...

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.
Policy Areas
Armed Forces and National Security
Potential Impact
Department of Defense•
Department of Education•
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management•
Government lending and loan guarantees•
Higher education•
Military personnel and dependents•
Student aid and college costs•
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Comments

APPROVED
SB
Summer Barnes
This bill gonna make it harder for me to get my education benefits. It say it help military folks, but it gonna take away from others like me. Not fair at all. This gonna hurt us in the long run.

Recent Activity

Latest Summary11/9/2023

Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty milit...

Latest Action9/17/2024
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.