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US HB5965
Bill
Status
11/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer McClellan
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AI Summary
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Establishes a 5-year pilot program through the VA to expand work-study allowance eligibility to veterans enrolled in rehabilitation, education, or training programs at half-time status (current law requires three-quarter-time enrollment)
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Participants in the pilot program receive the same work-study benefits and provisions as current eligible veterans under 38 U.S.C. § 3485
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Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to Congress within 180 days of enactment and each year thereafter on work-study participants
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Annual reports must include the number of participating veterans, percentage who obtain four-year degrees, and number who obtain full-time employment at the VA
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Introduced November 7, 2025 by Rep. McClellan with 15 bipartisan cosponsors; referred to House Veterans' Affairs and Budget Committees
Legislative Description
Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
Armed forces and national security
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
11/7/2025