3.0.0 1261 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z Senate S S 2007-05-01 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-01T22:47:47Z Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007 110 2247 HR 2007-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2007-05-01 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-05-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5397-5398) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-05-01 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-01 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-05-03 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-05-08 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-07-16 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-09-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Disability retirement Disabled Education Higher education Military operations Veterans' education Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-27T19:06:53Z Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007 - Provides that, if an individual eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill is enrolled in an educational institution and the period of such individual's entitlement (ten years after discharge or release from active duty) would expire during a quarter or semester of enrollment, that period shall be extended to the end of that quarter or semester. Allows such an extension until the earlier of the end of the course or 12 weeks, in the case of an educational institution not regularly operated on a quarter or semester basis.

Repeals the: (1) 14-year (after first becoming entitled) limit on the use of educational assistance by members of the Selected Reserve; and (2) ten-year limit on the use educational assistance by members of the Ready Reserve who are separated due to disability after supporting contingency and certain other operations.

]]> Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007 Display Title Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10 and 38, United States Code, to repeal the 10-year limit on use of Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1261is/xml/BILLS-110s1261is.xml 2007-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.