119 HR 5425 IH: Servicemember Retention and Education Advancement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-17 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5425IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 17, 2025Mr. Cisneros introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesA BILLTo direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a uniform policy to provide tuition assistance after on year of active duty service.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Retention and Education Advancement Act.

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Study on policy to provide tuition assistance to members of the Armed Forces after one year of active duty service

(a)

Study

The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a uniform policy to provide tuition assistance to all members of the Armed Forces who complete one year of service on active duty. (b)

Report

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a), including an identification of any barriers to implementing the policy described in such subsection.