3.0.0 1255 2025-12-05T08:55:51Z 2025-12-05T08:55:51Z House H HR 2023-02-28 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1255 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MOULTON:H.R. 1255.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of theUnited States Constitution. To raise and support Armies . . .To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for theGovernment and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Tomake all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.The single subject of this legislation is:To extend to Black veterans of World War II, and survivingspouses and certain direct descendants of such veterans,eligibility for certain housing loans and educationalassistance administered by the Seceretary of VeteransAffairs, and to establish reporting and advisory panelrequirements relating to the distribution of such benefits.[Page H972]</pre> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2023-03-23T17:44:39Z Referred To 2023-02-28T15:02:20Z 118 3257 S 2023-11-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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00 2023-02-28 Introduced in House 2023-08-07T15:18:03Z <p><strong>Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI bill benefits and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program by updating terminology related to certain Black veterans. Specifically, the bill explicitly includes the following individuals as eligible veterans under the programs:</p> <ul> <li>Black veterans who served on active duty during World War II and can certify they were denied a specific benefit on the basis of race; and</li> <li>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.<br> </li> </ul> <p>Eligible veterans must apply for educational or home loan benefits within the five-year period after the bill is enacted.</p> <p>The Government Accountability Office must report on the number of individuals who received VA educational or housing loan benefits due to the amendments made by the bill and the total value of such benefits. </p> <p>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.</p>

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