Veteran Education Empowerment Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 28, 2021
Last action May 28, 2021
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Committee
1
May 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
May 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 116 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lois Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Al Lawson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Albio Sires
DDemocratic
Co
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew R. Garbarino
RRepublican
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Ann Kirkpatrick
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
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