The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill®)--enacted as Title V of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. 110-252)--provides educational assistance payments to eligible individuals (service-members and veterans, and their dependents) from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in accordance with their…

This U.S. House of Representatives bill (H.R. 2231), to be cited, if enacted, as the Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1977, would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide counseling for certain veterans; to permit acceleration of monthly educational assistance payments to eligible veterans and dependents; to revise the…

The administration of the Post Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program by the Veterans' Administration is described, and the operation of the program within the Department of Defense and its components is covered. Appended materials include proposed rules for a new participatory program for educational assistance for persons who first…

The armed services' efforts to aid and encourage uniformed personnel to participate in the Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) are reviewed. VEAP is a pilot program designed to promote and assist the all-volunteer armed forces program in attracting qualified persons to serve by offering educational assistance. Several factors that…

This document reports the oral and written testimony of congressional representatives, officers of the branches of the active and reserve armed services, and college veterans' affairs officials on changes that need to be made to veterans' benefits. The testimony was given at a July 1990 House of Representatives oversight hearing on the Montgomery…

Recommendations are made for the correction and collection of Veterans Administration overpayments of educational benefits. They include: improved compliance surveying; updates on overpayments balance reports to the states; identification of schools liable for overpayments; notification of veterans of their obligation to report training status…

This document consists of transcripts of testimony concerning veterans' training presented at Congressional hearings to review and discuss problems in four programs conducted by the Veterans' Administration. The programs covered are vocational rehabilitation for veterans who have a service-connected disability; the GI Bill, which provides…

Because of public concern over prisoners receiving cash benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) and Veterans' Administration (VA) programs, the General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted a study to estimate the number of prisoners currently receiving cash, social security, other federal retirement, disability, and educational benefits.…

A study was done to (1) examine the impact of terminating the G.I. Bill in respect to the number, quality, and representativeness of Service accessions (supply of volunteers for military services), and (2) provide a means for measuring the relative costs and benefits of alternative educational programs which might be needed to sustain military…

Public Law 93-508 directed the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a thorough study and investigation of the administrative difficulties and opportunities for abuse that would be occasioned by enactment of some forms of variable tuition assistance allowance program, and to submit a report within a year. The report contains: background…

These Congressional hearings contain testimony given in Nashville, Tennessee, concerning the administration, execution, and effectiveness of four rehabilitation, education, and training programs relating to veterans and their dependents that are administered by the Veteran's Administration. Programs reviewed are Vocational Rehabilitation; the G.I.…