H.R. 5933: Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
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H.R. 5933: Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-29 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
Plain summary
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 - Revises provisions concerning the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to, among other things: (1) revise definitions concerning eligibility, and include certain National Guard service as service qualifying for such assistance; (2) revise assistance amounts (including monthly stipends), and types of approved programs of education; (3) allow the pursuit of educational programs at institutions other than institutions of higher learning, including on-job training and apprenticeships, flight training, and correspondence courses; (4) provide an assistance amount for programs of education pursued while on active duty; (5) repeal the limit on the use of such assistance for the payment of only one licensing or certification test; (6) allow an individual entitled to supplemental educational assistance to transfer such entitlement to the post-9/11 program; (7) bar the duplication of benefits under other educational assistance programs; (8) increase the amount of the reporting fee paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to an educational institution for providing information concerning an individual's enrollment in a program of education; (9) extend to certain National Guard and reserve personnel members eligibility to receive public-private contributions for additional educational assistance; (10) reauthorize through 2016 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education; and (11) revise cost-of-living adjustments under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program. Provides an alternate subsistence allowance amount for veterans entitled to such allowance due to service-connected disabilities.
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Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
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Sponsor: Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] · 125 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jim Costa (D-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) and 65 more.
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5933.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5933 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111