All Volunteer Armed Forces Quality and Incentive Act
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
All Volunteer Armed Forces Quality and Incentive Act - Title I: Armed Forces Engineering and Technology Academics - Directs the Secretary of each military department to establish an engineering and technology academy at which persons shall receive highly skilled training in the technical fields necessary to the military department concerned, including the fields of electronics, aviation mechanics, nuclear energy, space sciences, and marine engineering. Provides for the appointment of students, their terms of service, pay, and enlisted grade upon graduation. Title II: Reserve Enlisted Training Corps - Provides that for the purpose of preparing selected students for enlisted service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the Secretary of each military department may establish a Reserve Enlisted Training Corps program at any junior college which offers technical training of the kind and quality needed by specialized members of the armed forces. Requires that no unit may be established or maintained at an institution unless specified criteria are met, including that: (1) the senior commissioned officer of the armed force concerned who is assigned to the program at that institution is given the academic rank of professor; and (2) the institution fulfills the terms of its agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned. Provides that a member of the program who does not complete the course of instruction may be ordered to active duty to serve in his enlisted grade or rating for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more than two years. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to appoint any person as a military trainee in the reserve of an armed force under his jurisdiction. Provides that to be eligible for appointment as a military trainee under this Act a person must meet enumerated criteria, including: (1) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; and (2) agree in writing to serve in the Armed Services for four or more years. Title III: Armed Forces Critical Specialty Scholarship Program - Establish in each military department Armed Forces Critical Specialty Scholarship programs in areas of critical need. Specifies the criteria for members of the program, eligibility for participation, and contracts for scholarships. Title IV: Tuition Assistance for Veterans - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a full-time or part-time program of education under this Act for tuition costs incurred by such veteran, exclusive of expenses incurred for fees, books, supplies, or other expenses, but not in excess of an amount equal to the national average tuition rates for colleges and universities. Title V: General and Technical Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on October 9, 1974. 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 October 9, 1974: Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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?
WILLIAM BROCK (R-TN) introduced it on October 9, 1974. 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 October 9, 1974, 18964 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18964 days ago, on October 9, 1974.
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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers