New GI Bill Continuation Act - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to rename title VII of such Act the Montgomery GI Bill Act of 1984.
Extends indefinitely (currently ends on June 30, 1988) the required date of entry into the armed forces for eligibility for basic educational assistance entitlement for veterans (both of active and Selected Reserve duty) of the All-Volunteer Force.
Includes within the congressionally-declared purposes for the All-Volunteer Force educational assistance program the following: (1) to extend the benefits of a higher education to qualifying men and women who might not otherwise be able to afford such an education; (2) to provide for vocational readjustment and to restore lost educational opportunities to those service men and women who served on active duty after June 30, 1985; and (3) to enhance our Nation's competitiveness through the development of a more highly educated and productive work force.
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 401 - 2 (Record Vote No: 31).
Roll Call #31 (House)Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 12 amended.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 12 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-0. Record Vote No: 99.
Roll Call #99 (Senate)Passed Senate in lieu of S. 12 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-0. Record Vote No: 99.
Roll Call #99 (Senate)Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 100-48.
Became Public Law No: 100-48.
Enacted as Public Law 100-48
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