Legislation
CURRENT LEGISLATION THAT YOU AS A STUDENT VETERAN SHOULD BE AWARE OF:
H.R. 1451 Restoring Interval Pay (Break Pay):
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc112/h1451_ih.xml
H.R. 1383 Resorting GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.1383.IH:
S. 745 Senate Bill to Amend Title 38, Protect Certain Veterans from Reduction in Educational Assistance Benefits (bill is the Senate version of H.R. 1383):
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s112-745
GET ACTIVE! CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!
We at the Humboldt State University VETS office strongly encourage you to get involved. Congressionally chartered Veteran’s Organizations and Congressional Committees make decisions about your benefits, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME INPUT!!!!
The more sponsors to these bills the quicker they will be signed into LAW!!
To Find Your Representative in the United States House of Representatives open link below:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
To Find Your Senator in the United States Senate open link below:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
OR
Please tell your story to these groups and lawmakers.
http://iavaaction.org/contact-us
http://www.vfw.org/Contact-Us/
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Or call (202) 225-3527
Chairman Jeff Miller (R)
US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
412 Russell Senate Bldg
Washington, D.C. 20510
Or call (202) 224-9126
Or click link to fill out form
http://veterans.senate.gov/contact-chairman.cfm
Chairman Patty Murray (D)