110 HR 5474 IH: Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-02-19 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 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5474 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 19, 2008 Mr. Mitchell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To prevent payments of educational assistance for veterans and members of the Selected Reserve from being offset in the calculation of financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Student Veteran Financial Aid Fairness Act of 2008.

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Treatment as other financial aid

Section 480(j)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(j)(1)) is amended— (1)by striking veterans' education benefits as in subsection (c) of this section, and; and (2)by inserting before the period at the end the following: , but excluding any payments of educational assistance to veterans under title 38, United States Code, and to members of the Selected Reserve under chapters 1606 and 1607 of title 10, United States Code.