118th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
H.R. 7477: Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees who are eligible for the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment (beginning on October 1, 2007) certified.
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Donald Davis D-NCOriginal
- Scott Peters D-CAOriginal
- Elise Stefanik R-NYOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Derrick Van Orden SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Derrick Van Orden.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.