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HR983Enacted into Law

Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-05
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
Republican · WI · Representative
Votes with party: 96.0% (499 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/V000135

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Became Public Law No: 119-55.

2025-12-12

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsDischarged From · 2025-11-20
  • House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-02-05
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-05

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDischarged From · 2025-11-20
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-04-08
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-08
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-05
  • Armed Services CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-05

Plain-English Summary

Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025 This act requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs disapprove courses of education provided by educational institutions that charge higher than in-state tuition for individuals utilizing the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve education benefits while living in the state where the education is located, regardless of the individual’s state of residence.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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