{"id":27439,"date":"2017-08-02T21:07:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/02\/new-gi-bill-passes-senate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:14:53","slug":"new-gi-bill-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2017\/08\/02\/new-gi-bill-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"New GI Bill passes Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have unanimously passed legislation to make major changes to education benefits for military veterans. Now all that\u2019s left is for President Trump to sign it into law \u2014 and the White House says he will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Education Assistance Act of 2017 has garnered strong bipartisan support in Congress, where lawmakers have worked to fast-track the bill to the president\u2019s desk. Senators passed the legislation by voice vote Wednesday, less than three weeks after the Forever GI Bill, as it\u2019s become known, was introduced in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis bill invests in the proven success of our veterans,\u201d said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans\u2018 Affairs. \u201cWhen our veterans return home, they should have every opportunity available to them to pursue their desired profession and career. I thank Congress for quickly approving this bipartisan, bicameral legislative package. This is a great victory for our veterans and their futures.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new GI Bill would bring significant changes to the current law passed in 2008. Among its most popular provisions are the elimination \u2014 for veterans who left the military in 2013 or later \u2014 of a 15-year use-or-lose rule, as well as the expansion of benefits for reservists, Purple Heart recipients and surviving dependents. It would also restore GI Bill benefits to veterans impacted by school closures since 2015 and allocate more funds for college degree programs in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Forever GI Bill becomes law, some of the provisions would take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Others would start next August, and others \u2014 like granting active-duty service members eligibility for the Yellow Ribbon Program \u2014 would not apply for a few more years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., ranking member on Isakson\u2019s committee, said the legislation will open doors for service members transitioning back to civilian life and aid them in their transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt also does right by Guardsmen and Reservists by getting them the education, housing and healthcare that they have earned,\u201d he said. \u201cI look forward to working with President Trump to quickly sign our bill into law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A White House spokesman said the president intends to sign the legislation, but it\u2019s not clear when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/08\/01\/advocates-push-senators-to-pass-gi-bill-expansion-before-summer-recess\/\">culmination of two years of legislative lobbying<\/a> from several prominent veterans service organizations. Earlier efforts to expand the GI Bill by reverting to a pay-in structure for the benefits proved controversial \u2014 with some calling it a \u201ctax on troops\u201d \u2014 and temporarily halted congressional talks on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The updated version of the bill calls for slight reductions in the monthly housing allowances for new GI Bill enrollees to pay for the estimated $3 billion cost of the benefits expansion. 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