HR 983
· 119th Congress
· Armed Forces and National Security
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
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Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-55.
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Dec 12, 2025
signed
Signed by President.
Dec 12, 2025
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-55.
Dec 03, 2025
sent
Presented to President.
Nov 20, 2025
committee
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Nov 20, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 20, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
Nov 20, 2025
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 08, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Apr 07, 2025
floor
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Apr 07, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1432-1433)
Apr 07, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 983.
Apr 07, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1432)
Apr 07, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1432)
Apr 07, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 07, 2025
committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
Feb 05, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Feb 05, 2025
introduced
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Veterans' Affairs Committee · Armed Services Committee
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Public Law
Dec 12, 2025
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.
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Introduced in House
Feb 05, 2025
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
This bill 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.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 983 Engrossed in House (EH)]
+[H.R. 983 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+H.R.983
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-H. R. 983
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-AN ACT
+United States of America
+
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
+
+An Act
To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public
-institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State
-tuition rate to a veteran using certain educational assistance under
-title 10 of such Code, and for other purposes.
+institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition
+rate to a veteran using certain educational assistance under title 10 of
+such Code, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
-
This Act may be cited as the ``Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves
Tuition Fairness Act of 2025''.
-
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISAPPROVAL OF COURSES OFFERED
-BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT DO NOT
-CHARGE VETERANS IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF
-SELECTED RESERVE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
-
+BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT DO NOT CHARGE VETERANS
+IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF SELECTED RESERVE EDUCATIONAL
+ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 3679 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended--
-(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 of
-title 10,'' after ``chapter 30, 31, 33, or 35 of this title'';
-(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following
-new subparagraph:
-``(E) An individual who is entitled to assistance under
-section 16131 of title 10.''; and
-(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 of
-title 10'' before the period at the end.
+(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 of title
+10,'' after ``chapter 30, 31, 33, or 35 of this title'';
+(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new
+subparagraph:
+``(E) An individual who is entitled to assistance under section
+16131 of title 10.''; and
+(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606 of title
+10'' before the period at the end.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (e) of such section is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
-(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, or
-chapter 1606 of title 10,'' after ``chapter 31, 33, or
-35 of this title''; and
-(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``chapter 31
-33, or 35 of this title'' and inserting ``chapter 31,
-33, or 35 of this title, or chapter 1606 of title 10'';
+(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, or chapter 1606
+of title 10,'' after ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this title'';
and
+(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``chapter 31 33, or 35
+of this title'' and inserting ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this
+title, or chapter 1606 of title 10''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``chapter 31 33, or 35 of
-this title'' and inserting ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this
-title, or chapter 1606 of title 10''.
+this title'' and inserting ``chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this title,
+or chapter 1606 of title 10''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with
respect to an academic period that begins on or after August 1, 2026.
-Passed the House of Representatives April 7, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Attest:
-
-Clerk.
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-H. R. 983
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
-
-To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
-Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public
-institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State
-tuition rate to a veteran using certain educational assistance under
-title 10 of such Code, and for other purposes.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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