HR 5965 · in committee · niche
Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
- veterans
What this bill does
- The VA must create a five-year pilot program expanding work-study eligibility to part-time student veterans.
- Student veterans pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training programs at half-time or more are affected.
- The program runs for five years and allows VA to test expanded eligibility rules for work-study allowances.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would expanding work-study eligibility to part-time student veterans affect the VA's budget and existing full-time student veteran support?
- 02
What evidence suggests that part-time student veterans face barriers to work-study that full-time students do not encounter?
- 03
After the five-year pilot ends, what metrics should determine whether this program becomes permanent or is discontinued?
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Sponsor · D-VA-4
Jennifer L. McClellan
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
22/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-07
Joining the bill
George Whitesides
D-CA-27 · original
Ted Lieu
D-CA-36 · original
Seth Moulton
D-MA-6 · original
April McClain Delaney
D-MD-6 · original
Dina Titus
D-NV-1 · original
Jill N. Tokuda
D-HI-2 · original
Marc A. Veasey
D-TX-33 · original
Julia Brownley
D-CA-26 · original
Jim Costa
D-CA-21 · original
Angie Craig
D-MN-2 · original
Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ-5 · original
Steven Horsford
D-NV-4 · original
+ 10 more
Legislative timeline
2025-11-07 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-11-07 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-11-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-11-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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