3.0.0 863 2023-01-11T13:25:00Z 2023-01-11T13:25:00Z Senate S S 2013-05-06 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2013-06-12T13:49:17Z Referred to 2013-05-06T21:20:00Z 2013-06-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111. Committee 2013-05-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2013-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2013-05-06 True Armed Forces and National Security Education programs funding Higher education Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2013-06-27T21:11:38Z Veterans Back to School Act of 2013 - Provides that an individual's entitlement to educational assistance under the all-volunteer force veterans' educational assistance program shall not end until 10 years after the individual begins using such benefit. (Under current law, there are several more stringent time limits on the use of such assistance.)

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), under specified conditions, to fund offices of veterans affairs at eligible institutions of higher learning (institutions with at least 50 veteran-enrollees) for veterans' certification, outreach, recruitment, and special education programs. Limits payments to $15,000 per institution per fiscal year.

Directs the Secretary to annually collect information about exemplary veterans educational outreach programs, and to disseminate such information to other institutions offering such programs.

]]> Veterans Back to School Act of 2013 Display Title Veterans Back to School Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal time limitations on the eligibility for use of educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program, to improve veterans education outreach, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Back to School Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s863is/xml/BILLS-113s863is.xml 2013-06-12 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111. 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.