Veteran Education Empowerment Act
United States117th CongressHR-3586House of Representatives
Updated: May 28, 2021
Summary
Veteran Education Empowerment Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and otherwise revises a Department of Education (ED) grant program for student veteran centers. Specifically, ED must make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or consortia of IHEs to establish, maintain, improve, or operate a student veteran center. A student veteran center is a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with (1) a lounge or meeting space for themselves, their spouses or partners, their children, and veterans in the community; and (2) a centralized office for student veteran services that serves as a single point of contact to coordinate comprehensive support services for student veterans.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
S-1881: Veteran Education Empowerment ActCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
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