H.R. 5740 - Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008
- Sponsor:
- Harry Mitchell
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008
H.R. 5740 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- This bill seeks to provide financial assistance to any veteran serving three months or more after 9/11. Assistance includes a 31 percent jump in monthly benefits and a $500-a-month stipend to help cover college living expenses. H.R. 5740 is the House version of S. 22. H.R. 5740 has been endorsed by the Bush Administration. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008
- Sponsor
- Harry Mitchell
- Co-Sponsors
- Philip English
- Grace Napolitano
- Gwen Moore
- Edward Markey
- Jeff Miller
- Shelley Capito
- Madeleine Bordallo
- John Mica
- Mark Kirk
- Eni Faleomavaega
- John Salazar
- Timothy Bishop
- Zachary Space
- Donna Christensen
- Peter King
- R. Miller
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Silvestre Reyes
- Dennis Kucinich
- Frederick Upton
- Robert Scott
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Tom Udall
- George Butterfield
- Ray LaHood
- Paul Kanjorski
- Raymond Green
- Barton Gordon
- James McGovern
- Jim Costa
- John Tierney
- Wayne Gilchrest
- Artur Davis
- John Conyers
- Michael Simpson
- Raul Grijalva
- Yvette Clarke
- Walter Jones
- Rick Renzi
- Tim Holden
- William Delahunt
- Dave Reichert
- Dennis Moore
- Michael Arcuri
- Greg Walden
- Christopher Carney
- Heath Shuler
- Solomon Ortiz
- Christopher Smith
- Eliot Engel
- C. Thompson
- Nita Lowey
- Charles Rangel
- Mark Souder
- Michael Rogers
- Eleanor Norton
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Gregory Meeks
- David Camp
- Robert Wexler
- Sam Farr
- Alcee Hastings
- Melvin Watt
- Kathy Castor
- Steven Pearce
- Dennis Cardoza
- Jackie Speier
- James Ramstad
- Allyson Schwartz
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- Keith Ellison
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Jesse Jackson
- Michael Capuano
- Adam Smith
- Candice Miller
- Clifford Stearns
- Adam Schiff
- Ed Perlmutter
- Ralph Hall
- Nancy Boyda
- Walter Herger
- Anna Eshoo
- Daniel Lipinski
- Gary Ackerman
- Henry Brown
- Diane Watson
- Thaddeus McCotter
- Steven Chabot
- Nicholas Lampson
- Michael Ferguson
- Jason Altmire
- Patrick Tiberi
- Michael Michaud
- David Obey
- William Shuster
- Luis Fortuño
- Ron Lewis
- Jerry McNerney
- Robert Cramer
- Timothy Walz
- Edolphus Towns
- Christopher Shays
- Rob Bishop
- Ellen Tauscher
- Gus Bilirakis
- Rush Holt
- Todd Tiahrt
- Sue Myrick
- Tim Murphy
- Charles Gonzalez
- Mark Udall
- Bruce Braley
- Dale Kildee
- James McDermott
- John Shimkus
- Chaka Fattah
- Stephen Lynch
- David Wu
- Tim Mahoney
- Sanford Bishop
- Donald Payne
- Ron Klein
- Thelma Drake
- H. Saxton
- Gabrielle Giffords
- Collin Peterson
- Thomas Allen
- Zoe Lofgren
- Joseph Knollenberg
- John Kuhl
- Peter Visclosky
- Doris Matsui
- Timothy Ryan
- Ciro Rodriguez
- John Kline
- Ander Crenshaw
- Fortney Stark
- Jon Porter
- Elton Gallegly
- Samuel Johnson
- Charles Dent
- Ric Keller
- John Carter
- Roscoe Bartlett
- Nick Rahall
- André Carson
- Jim Gerlach
- Jerry Costello
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- James Langevin
- Nydia Velázquez
- Robert Andrews
- Charles Wilson
- Loretta Sanchez
- Jo Ann Emerson
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Corrine Brown
- David Loebsack
- Ben Chandler
- David Davis
- Dennis Rehberg
- Virginia Brown-Waite
- Joe Courtney
- Marilyn Musgrave
- Steve King
- Frank Pallone
- Robin Hayes
- Joe Donnelly
- Henry Johnson
- Melissa Bean
- Neil Abercrombie
- Rosa DeLauro
- John Dingell
- Joseph Crowley
- Tom Feeney
- John Yarmuth
- Mary Bono Mack
- Samuel Graves
- Betty McCollum
- Jane Harman
- Lynn Woolsey
- Steven Rothman
- Barbara Lee
- Michael Castle
- Brian Bilbray
- Tammy Baldwin
- Victor Snyder
- Steve Kagen
- John Hall
- Maxine Waters
- Phil Hare
- Lee Terry
- Howard Coble
- Anthony Weiner
- Al Green
- Steve Israel
- Carolyn Maloney
- C. W. Young
- Maurice Hinchey
- Robert Berry
- Louise Slaughter
- Joe Sestak
- Bobby Rush
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice Schakowsky
- Thomas Latham
- José Serrano
- Xavier Becerra
- Peter Welch
- Virgil Goode
- Alan Mollohan
- Marcy Kaptur
- Thomas Reynolds
- Virginia Foxx
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart
- Rahm Emanuel
- James Oberstar
- Bill Sali
- Thomas Edwards
- John Barrow
- Russ Carnahan
- Mazie Hirono
- Jean Schmidt
- Jerry Moran
- Patrick McHenry
- Rick Larsen
- Timothy Johnson
- Mike McIntyre
- Bob Etheridge
- Jay Inslee
- Vern Buchanan
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Niki Tsongas
- Frank LoBiondo
- Steve Cohen
- Joe Baca
- Albio Sires
- Danny Davis
- Donald Young
- David Price
- Timothy Walberg
- Brad Sherman
- Betty Sutton
- John Sarbanes
- Richard Neal
- William Jefferson
- Frederick Boucher
- Bill Foster
- Norman Dicks
- Bart Stupak
- Michael Honda
- Brian Higgins
- Vito Fossella
- Robert Brady
- Paul Hodes
- James Moran
- Susan Davis
- Edward Pastor
- Elijah Cummings
- Earl Blumenauer
- Leonard Boswell
- Stephanie Jones
- Ronald Kind
- Peter Hoekstra
- Edward Whitfield
- John Lewis
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Patrick Kennedy
- Shelley Berkley
- Michael McCaul
- Sander Levin
- David Scott
- Brad Ellsworth
- Howard Berman
- John Olver
- Mike Ross
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Michael Doyle
- Lois Capps
- Christopher Murphy
- Brian Baird
- Henry Waxman
- John Larson
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Todd Platts
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter DeFazio
- Frank Wolf
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Kenny Hulshof
- C.A. Ruppersberger
- Connie Mack
- Heather Wilson
- William Pascrell
- Peter Roskam
- Darlene Hooley
- George Miller
- Patrick Murphy
- James Clyburn
- Subjects
- Veterans
- Apprenticeship
- Armed forces
- Armed forces reserves
- College costs
- Correspondence schools and courses
- Defense policy
- Education
- Employment tests
- Flight training
- Higher education
- Iraq compilation
- Job training
- Labor
- Law
- Licenses
- Scholarships
- Student loan funds
- Transportation
- Veterans' education
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 4/09/2008 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 4/09/2008 4/09/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/11/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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Total contributions given to House members from Military, which…
supported this bill
| Military | $289,440 |
| $289,440 |
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
