3.0.0 2871 2017-12-15T00:03:07Z 2017-12-15T00:03:07Z Senate S S 2008-04-16 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-16T18:37:34Z 2008-04-16 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2008-04-16 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-04-16 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-04-16 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2008-04-16 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-04-16 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2008-04-16 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-04-16 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2008-04-16 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2008-04-16 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-04-16 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-04-23 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Education Higher education Iraq compilation Military operations Veterans' education Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-15T19:23:34Z Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP) Enhancement Act of 2008 - Recodifies and revises under federal veterans' benefits law a current chapter under federal armed forces law concerning educational assistance for reserve personnel supporting contingency operations and certain other operations.

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to carry out such assistance program. Directs the Secretary of each military department, and the Secretary of Homeland Security when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to provide notice to individuals who meet program eligibility requirements.

Revises educational assistance allowance rates based on periods of active duty service.

Provides a ten-year limit after separation for the use of such assistance for a member of the Selected Reserve who completes a required period of service under other than dishonorable conditions.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary, by the beginning of FY2010, amounts provided or remaining in the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund that are attributable to the reserve educational assistance program.

]]> Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP) Enhancement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP) Enhancement Act of 2008 Display Title Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP) Enhancement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recodify as part of that title chapter 1607 of title 10, United States Code, to enhance the program of educational assistance under that chapter, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2871is/xml/BILLS-110s2871is.xml 2008-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.