3.0.0 3210 2023-08-04T00:45:21Z 2023-08-04T00:45:21Z Senate S 2021-11-15 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-15T23:54:49Z Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2021 117 5905 HR 2021-11-05 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2021-11-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-12-07 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-12-07 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2022-03-08 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2022-05-19 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-12-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-04T00:36:57Z Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2021

This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI bill educational assistance benefits and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program. Specifically, the bill explicitly includes the following persons as eligible veterans:

  • Black veterans who served on active duty during World War II who can certify they were denied a specific benefit on the basis of race; and
  • the living surviving spouses, children, grandchildren, or other direct descendants of such veterans described above who can certify the veteran was denied a specific benefit on the basis of race.

Such veterans described above must apply for educational or home loan benefits within the five-year period after the passage of this bill to be eligible for benefits.

The Government Accountability Office must report on the number of individuals who received educational or housing loan benefits and the total value of such benefits administered by the VA due to the amendments made by the bill.

Finally, the VA must appoint a panel of independent experts to develop recommendations regarding additional benefits and assistance for female and minority members of the Armed Forces.

]]> Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2021 Display Title Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to Black veterans of World War II, and surviving spouses and certain direct descendants of such veterans, eligibility for certain housing loans and educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3210is/xml/BILLS-117s3210is.xml 2021-11-15 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.