Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit educational assistance provided under specified benefit programs for veterans and members of the Selected Reserve from being considered in analyses of their need for assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act.
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5474 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5474
To prevent payments of educational assistance for veterans and members
of the Selected Reserve from being offset in the calculation of
financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 19, 2008
Mr. Mitchell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To prevent payments of educational assistance for veterans and members
of the Selected Reserve from being offset in the calculation of
financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Student Veteran Financial Aid
Fairness Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT AS OTHER FINANCIAL AID.
Section 480(j)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087vv(j)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``veterans' education benefits as in
subsection (c) of this section, and''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, but excluding any payments of educational
assistance to veterans under title 38, United States Code, and
to members of the Selected Reserve under chapters 1606 and 1607
of title 10, United States Code''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E212-213)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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