US SB2949 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-09-17 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-09-17 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.
Title
Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023
Sponsors
| Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] | Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-17 | Senate | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| 2023-09-27 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
Same As/Similar To
HB7477 (Related) 2024-02-29 - 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.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2949/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s2949/BILLS-118s2949is.pdf |
