U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5634: Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 8, 2026
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the amount of entitlement to educational assistance payable for flight training under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
What the bill says
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the amount of entitlement to educational assistance payable for flight training under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
From the committee substitute text, September 8, 2026:
A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the amount of entitlement to educational assistance payable for flight training under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Limitation on maximum amount payable with Post-9/11 educational assistance of Department of Veterans programs of education carried out under contract (a) In general Section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (g)(3)(C), by striking In the case and inserting Subject to the limitation under subsection (m), in the case ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (m) Limitation on the use of entitlement for flight training or programs of education carried out under contract (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the maximum amount payable under this chapter to an individual, over the lifetime of the individual, for tuition and fees for the pursuit of a covered program of education, regardless of how many such covered programs of education the individual pursues, is-- (A) in the case of an individual who first pursues a covered program of education during the academic …
Sponsors
- Thomas Kean (R, HD-007) · primary sponsor
- Morgan McGarvey (D, HD-003)
- Eugene Vindman (D, HD-007)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Deborah Ross (D, HD-002)
- Donald Davis (D, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 696.
- : Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-796.
- : Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- : Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Subcommittee Hearings Held
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- : Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Student aid and college costs, Higher education, Aviation and airports, Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation, Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB5634?
- HB5634 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026.
- What does HB5634 do?
- In its own words: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the amount of entitlement to educational assistance payable for flight training under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- What is the status of HB5634?
- In committee as of September 8, 2026. Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 696. (September 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5634?
- Thomas Kean (R, HD-007), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5634?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5634
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