3.0.0 798 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z Senate S 2017-03-30 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2017-06-15T14:00:20Z Referred to 2017-03-30T21:14:26Z Julian Woods Yellow Ribbon Program Expansion Act 115 2103 HR 2017-04-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS 2017-06-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215. Committee 2017-03-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-03-30 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-03-30 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-05-23 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2017-06-06 False Armed Forces and National Security Higher education Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-22T18:48:22Z Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017

This bill revises the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program (public-private contributions for educational assistance in addition to post-9/11 educational assistance) to make such program available to: (1) the spouse or child of a service member who, on or after after September 11, 2001, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty (Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship recipients); and (2) a service member or veteran who serves at least 36 months on active duty beginning on or after such date.

The bill provides educational assistance to individuals pursuing a degree while on active duty on more than, or less than, a half-time basis.

The program permits colleges and universities to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the VA to cover a portion of certain higher education expenses, which shall be matched by the VA.

]]> Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s798is/xml/BILLS-115s798is.xml 2017-06-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215. 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.