109 HR 5174 IH: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent U.S. House of Representatives 2006-04-25 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5174 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 2006 Mrs. Davis of California (for herself and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent veterans’ contributions to education benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Equity in Education Act of 2006.

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Veterans' benefits

Section 480(j) (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for every year a student receives veterans' education benefits under chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, the amount of such veterans’ education benefits that the student receives and that is treated as estimated financial assistance shall be reduced by the amount that the student’s basic pay was reduced under section 3011(b) or 3012(c) of such title in order to be eligible to receive such benefits. .