Veterans' Comprehensive Education Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Comprehensive Education Act - Provides that, in the case of any eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education or training at an approved educational or training institution on a half-time or more basis, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay directly to the educational or training institution on behalf of such eligible veteran, not to exceed $4,000 for an ordinary school year, the cost of educational expenses which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same courses are required to pay. Authorizes subsistence payments to veterans based on the number of dependents such veteran has. Provides that an educational assistance allowance shall be paid to each eligible individual pursuing a program of education while on active duty, to an eligible veteran pursuing a program of education on less than a half-time basis or exclusively by correspondence, to a veteran pursuing a program of flight training, or to a veteran pursuing a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1681) Provides that no tuition assistance shall be paid to an educational or training institution on behalf of an eligible veteran under this Act until the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration shall have received from such institution a certification of the actual enrollment of the eligible veteran at such institution, along with specified information concerning such enrollment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1682)
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 3, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 3, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JOHN MURPHY (D-NY) introduced it on January 3, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 3, 1973, 19608 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19608 days ago, on January 3, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers