3.0.0 1669 2025-09-29T18:34:48Z 2025-09-29T18:34:48Z House H HR 2023-03-21 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1669 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CISCOMANI:H.R. 1669.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:Providing veterans with workforce development opportunities[Page H1301]</pre> ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-30T20:38:21Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Discharged from 2023-04-28T15:25:19Z Markup by 2023-04-18T15:27:16Z Referred to 2023-04-11T15:20:59Z Reported By 2023-05-17T22:55:41Z Markup By 2023-04-28T15:29:02Z Discharged from 2023-04-28T15:25:19Z Referred To 2023-03-21T21:02:05Z H. Rept. 118-68 118 234 HR 2023-04-19 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 118 746 HR 2023-04-18 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 118 1635 HR 2023-04-18 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 118 1798 HR 2023-04-18 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 118 1330 S 2023-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 118 1678 S 2023-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 118 1877 S 2023-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2023-05-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-05-24 17:31:27 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2023-05-24 17:31:26 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 9 (Roll no. 235). (text: 05/22/2023 CR H2474-2476) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 235 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll235.xml House 118 2023-05-24T21:31:26Z 1 2023-05-24 17:31:26 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 9 (Roll no. 235). (text: 05/22/2023 CR H2474-2476) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 235 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll235.xml House 118 2023-05-24T21:31:26Z 1 2023-05-24 17:23:46 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2578-2579) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2023-05-22 17:18:55 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2023-05-22 16:49:12 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1669. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2023-05-22 16:49:08 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2474-2479) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2023-05-22 16:48:30 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2023-05-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00048 2023-05-17 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-68. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2023-05-17 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-68. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2023-04-28 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2023-04-28 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2023-04-28 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged. Committee 2023-04-18 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2023-04-11 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2023-03-21 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2023-03-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001133 Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] Juan Ciscomani R AZ 6 N K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2023-03-21 True B001295 Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] Mike Bost R IL 12 2023-03-21 True V000135 Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] Derrick Van Orden R WI 3 2023-04-27 False C001054 Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] Jerry Carl R AL L. 1 2023-04-27 False M001210 Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] Gregory Murphy R NC F. 3 2023-04-27 False 2023-05-16T17:44:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59137 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 28, 2023 Armed Forces and National Security Asia 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Aviation and airports 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Cemeteries and funerals 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Computers and information technology 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Congressional oversight 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Employment and training programs 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Higher education 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Internet, web applications, social media 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Philippines 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Public contracts and procurement 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Student aid and college costs 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Vocational and technical education 2023-05-31T15:15:21Z Armed Forces and National Security 2023-04-07T18:30:24Z

00 2023-03-21 Introduced in House 2023-05-24T14:36:18Z <p><b>VET-TEC Authorization Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permanently implement a program under which it provides up to 8,000 covered individuals per year the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education that provide non-degree training or skills related to computer programming, media application, data processing, or information sciences. A covered individual is a veteran who (1) the VA determines is under the age of 62, served an aggregate of at least 36 months on active duty, and was discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable; or (2) will satisfy such requirements in fewer than 180 days after the VA's determination.</p> <p>In administering the program, the VA must provide assistance to covered individuals in amounts equal to those provided to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients who are pursuing a degree on more than a half-time basis.</p> <p>The VA must seek to enter into contracts with any number of qualified providers of high technology programs of education and pay such providers a specified percentage of the tuition and other fees for each enrolled individual.</p> <p>The bill prescribes (1) requirements for a provider of a program to be considered as qualified (e.g., the provider employs instructors the VA determines are experts in their respective fields), and (2) criteria for the VA to approve providers for contracts.</p> <p>If a covered individual has remaining entitlement to other VA educational assistance, entitlement under this program must be charged at the rate of one month of that remaining entitlement for each month of assistance under this program.</p>

07 2023-05-17 Reported to House 2025-09-29T18:33:59Z <p><strong>VET-TEC Authorization Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill addresses various Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and benefits, including to continue a high technology program and provide burial and funeral allowances for certain veterans.</p><p>(Sec. 2) The VA must implement through FY2028 a program under which it provides up to 6,000 covered individuals per year the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education that provide non-degree training or skills related to computer programming, media application, data processing, or information sciences. A covered individual is a veteran who (1) the VA determines is under the age of 62, served an aggregate of at least 36 months on active duty, and was discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable; or (2) will satisfy such requirements in fewer than 180 days after the VA's determination.</p><p>In administering the program, the VA must provide assistance to covered individuals in amounts equal to those provided to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients who are pursuing a degree on more than a half-time basis.</p><p>(Sec. 3) The bill also requires the VA to provide a burial and funeral allowance for a veteran who dies in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care).</p><p>(Sec. 4) The bill provides that a rehabilitation program under the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program may include a program that includes flight training and does not lead to a degree.</p><p>(Sec. 5) This section imposes sole liability for overpayments of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill on the individual who was eligible for such assistance in situations where the individual failed to complete a service agreement and transferred the entitlement to a dependent.</p><p><em>Filipino Education Fairness Act</em></p><p>(Sec. 6) This section increases the amount of educational assistance available to an individual pursuing a program of education under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program at an institution located in the Philippines. Under current law, DEA educational assistance for an individual pursuing a program of education at an institution located in the Philippines is limited to $0.50 for each dollar. The bill makes an individual eligible for the full assistance amount.</p><p>(Sec. 7) The VA must provide eligibility and award documents related to specified VA educational assistance programs (e.g., the Post-9/11 GI Bill) in an electronic format. Specifically, the VA must electronically provide (1) a certificate of eligibility for an individual's entitlement to assistance, and (2) an award letter regarding the authorization to receive assistance.</p><p>An individual may elect to receive documents by mail and may revoke such an election at any time.</p><p>(Sec. 8) Finally, the bill extends certain loan fee rates through April 30, 2032, under the VA's home loan program.</p>

53 2023-05-24 Passed House 2025-09-29T18:34:46Z <p><strong>VET-TEC Authorization Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill addresses various Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and benefits, including to continue a high technology program and provide burial and funeral allowances for certain veterans.</p><p>(Sec. 2) The VA must implement through FY2028 a program under which it provides up to 6,000 covered individuals per year the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education that provide non-degree training or skills related to computer programming, media application, data processing, or information sciences. A covered individual is a veteran who (1) the VA determines is under the age of 62, served an aggregate of at least 36 months on active duty, and was discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable; or (2) will satisfy such requirements in fewer than 180 days after the VA's determination.</p><p>In administering the program, the VA must provide assistance to covered individuals in amounts equal to those provided to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients who are pursuing a degree on more than a half-time basis.</p><p>(Sec. 3) The bill also requires the VA to provide a burial and funeral allowance for a veteran who dies in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care).</p><p>(Sec. 4) The bill provides that a rehabilitation program under the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program may include a program that includes flight training and does not lead to a degree.</p><p>(Sec. 5) This section imposes sole liability for overpayments of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill on the individual who was eligible for such assistance in situations where the individual failed to complete a service agreement and transferred the entitlement to a dependent.</p><p><em>Filipino Education Fairness Act</em></p><p>(Sec. 6) This section increases the amount of educational assistance available to an individual pursuing a program of education under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program at an institution located in the Philippines. Under current law, DEA educational assistance for an individual pursuing a program of education at an institution located in the Philippines is limited to $0.50 for each dollar. The bill makes an individual eligible for the full assistance amount.</p><p>(Sec. 7) The VA must provide eligibility and award documents related to specified VA educational assistance programs (e.g., the Post-9/11 GI Bill) in an electronic format. Specifically, the VA must electronically provide (1) a certificate of eligibility for an individual's entitlement to assistance, and (2) an award letter regarding the authorization to receive assistance.</p><p>An individual may elect to receive documents by mail and may revoke such an election at any time.</p><p>(Sec. 8) Finally, the bill extends certain loan fee rates through April 30, 2032, under the VA's home loan program.</p>

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