A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the expiration date for eligibility for the educational assistance programs for veterans of the All-Volunteer Force; and for other purposes.
New GI Bill Continuation Act - 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.
Became Public Law No: 100-48.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-87.
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.
Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 100-13.
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 100-13.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA. Favorable.
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services by unanimous consent not to extend beyond June 1, 1987.
Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Committee on Armed Services. Reported to Senate by Senator Glenn without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Armed Services. Reported to Senate by Senator Glenn without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 106.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 1085 as an amendment.
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 1085 in lieu of this measure by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-0. Record Vote No: 99.
Roll Call #99 (Senate)Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.