Bills · 118th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/23/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 4/30/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 406–6 on April 30, 2024 (Roll Call 161 →). Received in the Senate on May 1, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 4/30/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic204 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Republican202 Yea · 6 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

This bill provides that an individual's Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits must not be charged for a course or program if the VA determines the individual could not complete the course or program because (1) it was suspended or terminated due to information collected as part of a VA risk-based survey, or (2) the Department of Education has determined the educational institution committed an actionable act or omission that had a detrimental effect on direct loan borrowers.

The bill also provides that as a condition of the approval of a course or program of education, an educational institution offering the course or program must agree to repay to the VA all educational assistance amounts if the institution closes or suspends or terminates a course or program because the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Education determined there was fraud.

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Sponsor
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez ( Democrat · IL-3)
Cosponsors
23
Introduced
3/23/23
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 3/23/23Introduced in House
  2. 3/23/23Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. 3/24/23Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1428)
  4. 4/6/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  5. 4/18/23Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. 4/18/23Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
  7. 7/26/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. 7/26/23Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. 4/29/24Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. 4/29/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2696-2698)
  11. 4/29/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1767.
  12. 4/29/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. 4/30/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2716)
  14. 4/30/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 6 (Roll no. 161). (text: 04/29/2024 CR H2696)
  15. 4/30/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 6 (Roll no. 161). (text: 04/29/2024 CR H2696)
  16. 4/30/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 5/1/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.