H.R. 357 — 113th Congress

GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2014

Originated in the House · Introduced Jan 23, 2013 · Armed Forces and National Security

Latest action

Feb 4, 2014

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

CRS summary

As of Feb 3, 2014

Passed House amended

GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and the program providing educational assistance to individuals who commenced service in the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001, to disapprove courses of education provided by a public institution of higher education (IHE) that charges tuition and fees for veterans living in the state in which the IHE is located at a higher rate than it charges residents of such state, regardless of the veteran's state of residence.

Makes this provision applicable only to: (1) veterans who were discharged or released from at least 90 days of active service less than three years before their date of enrollment in the applicable course, and (2) courses that commence on or after July 1, 2016.

Prohibits the Secretary from disapproving a public IHE's course on the grounds that the IHE conditions such veterans' receipt of in-state tuition rates on their: (1) demonstrating an intent, by means other than physical presence, to establish residency in the state; or (2) satisfying other requirements not related to residency.

(Sec. 5) Makes eligible under VA homeless veterans reintegration program those homeless veterans who are: (1) participating in the VA supported housing program for which rental assistance is provided under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and (2) veterans who are transitioning from being incarcerated.

(Sec. 6) Extends from 12 to 17 years after discharge or release from active-duty service the authorized period for veterans with service-connected disabilities to enroll in certain VA vocational training and rehabilitation programs.

(Sec. 7) Reauthorizes through June 30, 2018 (under current law, the authorization expires as of June 30, 2013) certain qualifying work-study activities for individuals receiving educational assistance through the VA.

(Sec. 8) Sets forth the responsibilities of each Director and Assistant Director of Veterans' Employment and Training (assigned to each state by the Secretary from among personnel within the Veterans' Employment and Training Service), including: (1) monitoring the performance of veterans' training and employment programs, with special emphasis on services to disabled veterans; (2) addressing program performance deficiencies and establishing higher performance goals; and (3) reviewing program funding and assisting with funding requests.

(Sec. 9) Amends provisions concerning the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense (DOD) (employment and job training assistance and related services for members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty and their spouses) to require such Program to include: (1) information about disability-related employment and education protections, (2) instruction in the use of educational assistance entitlements, (3) appropriate courses, (4) instruction on the financing of post-secondary education, and (5) information on benefits provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned.

Requires the VA Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans and defense committees the results of a study to determine the feasibility of providing veterans' benefits instruction at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided through a joint contract with the Secretary of Labor.

(Sec. 10) Requires veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation that is being increased in compliance with the Veterans' Compensation Cost- of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 to an amount that is not a whole dollar amount to be rounded to the next lower whole dollar amount.

(Sec. 11) Prohibits the Secretary from paying any performance award to a VA Senior Executive Service employee during FY2014-FY2018.

(Sec. 12) Directs the Secretary to make semiannual reports to Congress that include the cost and certain other details regarding travel by VA employees: (1) outside this country or its territories, commonwealths, possessions, or territorial waters if the federal government is paying for the travel; and (2) to any location inside or outside this country if a person or entity other than the federal government is paying for the travel.

(Sec. 13) Directs the Secretary to report: (1) each case of a notifiable infectious disease or condition that is diagnosed at a VA medical facility to the appropriate state entity and to Congress, and (2) each of those cases that is also classified as a health-care-associated infection sentinel event to the facility's accrediting organization.

Authorizes a state, if the Secretary fails to report such a disease or condition, to a file civil action against the Secretary to recover the penalty the state would require a non-federal medical facility to pay for failing to do so.

Directs the Secretary to suspend a director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network that fails to comply with such reporting requirements.

(Sec. 14) Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to ensure that a visual recording made by the Secretary during the provision of medical care is made only with the full and informed consent of the patient or the patient's representative. Excepts recordings made: (1) pursuant to a determination by a physician or psychologist that such recording is medically necessary or necessary for the patient's safety, (2) pursuant to a court order or warrant, or (3) for general security purposes in a public setting where a person would not have a reasonable expectation to privacy.

(Sec. 15) Amends the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through May 31, 2014, the veterans retraining assistance program. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an interim report on the retraining assistance provided under such program.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Feb 3, 2014 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Full roll call

Passed (390–0)

2 of 431 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea390: 207 R · 180 D · 1 I · 1 L

MemberPartyState
CANTOR, EricVA
Terri A. SewellDemocratAL
Ann KirkpatrickDemocratAZ
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Ron BarberDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Alan S. LowenthalDemocratCA
Ami BeraDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Doris O. MatsuiDemocratCA
Eric SwalwellDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Gloria Negrete McLeodDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Janice HahnDemocratCA
Jared HuffmanDemocratCA
Jerry McNerneyDemocratCA
Jim CostaDemocratCA
John GaramendiDemocratCA
Juan VargasDemocratCA
Judy ChuDemocratCA
Julia BrownleyDemocratCA
Karen BassDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Mark TakanoDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Raul RuizDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Scott H. PetersDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Tony CárdenasDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Ed PerlmutterDemocratCO
Jared PolisDemocratCO
Elizabeth H. EstyDemocratCT
James A. HimesDemocratCT
Joe CourtneyDemocratCT
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
John C. Carney Jr.DemocratDE
Alan GraysonDemocratFL
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Frederica S. WilsonDemocratFL
Joe GarciaDemocratFL
Kathy CastorDemocratFL
Lois FrankelDemocratFL
Patrick MurphyDemocratFL
Theodore E. DeutchDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.DemocratGA
John BarrowDemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Colleen HanabusaDemocratHI
Tulsi GabbardDemocratHI
Bruce L. BraleyDemocratIA
Bill FosterDemocratIL
Bradley Scott SchneiderDemocratIL
Cheri BustosDemocratIL
Daniel LipinskiDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Mike QuigleyDemocratIL
Robin L. KellyDemocratIL
Tammy DuckworthDemocratIL
William L. EnyartDemocratIL
André CarsonDemocratIN
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Joseph P. Kennedy IIIDemocratMA
Katherine M. ClarkDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
William R. KeatingDemocratMA
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Donna F. EdwardsDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
John K. DelaneyDemocratMD
John P. SarbanesDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Chellie PingreeDemocratME
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
Daniel T. KildeeDemocratMI
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Keith EllisonDemocratMN
Richard M. NolanDemocratMN
Timothy J. WalzDemocratMN
Emanuel CleaverDemocratMO
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
G. K. ButterfieldDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Ann M. KusterDemocratNH
Carol Shea-PorterDemocratNH
Albio SiresDemocratNJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Donald M. Payne, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Michelle Lujan GrishamDemocratNM
Dina TitusDemocratNV
Steven HorsfordDemocratNV
Brian HigginsDemocratNY
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Daniel B. MaffeiDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Hakeem S. JeffriesDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Paul TonkoDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
William L. OwensDemocratNY
Yvette D. ClarkeDemocratNY
Joyce BeattyDemocratOH
Marcia L. FudgeDemocratOH
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Kurt SchraderDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Suzanne BonamiciDemocratOR
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Matt CartwrightDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
David N. CicillineDemocratRI
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Steve CohenDemocratTN
Al GreenDemocratTX
Beto O’RourkeDemocratTX
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Filemon VelaDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Henry CuellarDemocratTX
Joaquin CastroDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Marc A. VeaseyDemocratTX
Pete P. GallegoDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
Gerald E. ConnollyDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Peter WelchDemocratVT
Denny HeckDemocratWA
Derek KilmerDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Suzan K. DelBeneDemocratWA
Gwen MooreDemocratWI
Mark PocanDemocratWI
Ron KindDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Kyrsten SinemaIndependentAZ
Justin AmashLibertarianMI
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Bradley ByrneRepublicanAL
Martha RobyRepublicanAL
Mo BrooksRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordRepublicanAR
Steve WomackRepublicanAR
Tim GriffinRepublicanAR
Tom CottonRepublicanAR
David SchweikertRepublicanAZ
Matt SalmonRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
David G. ValadaoRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Doug LaMalfaRepublicanCA
Duncan HunterRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Jeff DenhamRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCA
Paul CookRepublicanCA
Tom McClintockRepublicanCA
Cory GardnerRepublicanCO
Doug LambornRepublicanCO
Mike CoffmanRepublicanCO
Scott R. TiptonRepublicanCO
Bill PoseyRepublicanFL
Daniel WebsterRepublicanFL
Dennis A. RossRepublicanFL
Gus M. BilirakisRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Richard B. NugentRepublicanFL
Steve Southerland IIRepublicanFL
Ted S. YohoRepublicanFL
Thomas J. RooneyRepublicanFL
Austin ScottRepublicanGA
Doug CollinsRepublicanGA
Lynn A. WestmorelandRepublicanGA
Paul C. BrounRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Rob WoodallRepublicanGA
Tom GravesRepublicanGA
Tom PriceRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
Raúl R. LabradorRepublicanID
Aaron SchockRepublicanIL
Adam KinzingerRepublicanIL
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Peter J. RoskamRepublicanIL
Randy HultgrenRepublicanIL
Rodney DavisRepublicanIL
Jackie WalorskiRepublicanIN
Larry BucshonRepublicanIN
Luke MesserRepublicanIN
Marlin A. StutzmanRepublicanIN
Susan W. BrooksRepublicanIN
Todd RokitaRepublicanIN
Todd YoungRepublicanIN
Kevin YoderRepublicanKS
Lynn JenkinsRepublicanKS
Mike PompeoRepublicanKS
Tim HuelskampRepublicanKS
Andy BarrRepublicanKY
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKY
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Thomas MassieRepublicanKY
Charles W. Boustany Jr.RepublicanLA
John FlemingRepublicanLA
Vance M. McAllisterRepublicanLA
Andy HarrisRepublicanMD
Bill HuizengaRepublicanMI
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dan BenishekRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Kerry L. BentivolioRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Tim WalbergRepublicanMI
Erik PaulsenRepublicanMN
John KlineRepublicanMN
Michele BachmannRepublicanMN
Ann WagnerRepublicanMO
Billy LongRepublicanMO
Blaine LuetkemeyerRepublicanMO
Jason SmithRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Vicky HartzlerRepublicanMO
Alan NunneleeRepublicanMS
Gregg HarperRepublicanMS
Steven M. PalazzoRepublicanMS
Steve DainesRepublicanMT
George HoldingRepublicanNC
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Mark MeadowsRepublicanNC
Patrick T. McHenryRepublicanNC
Renee L. EllmersRepublicanNC
Richard HudsonRepublicanNC
Robert PittengerRepublicanNC
Virginia FoxxRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Kevin CramerRepublicanND
Adrian SmithRepublicanNE
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanNE
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Leonard LanceRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Stevan PearceRepublicanNM
Joseph J. HeckRepublicanNV
Chris CollinsRepublicanNY
Michael G. GrimmRepublicanNY
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Richard L. HannaRepublicanNY
Tom ReedRepublicanNY
Bill JohnsonRepublicanOH
Bob GibbsRepublicanOH
Brad R. WenstrupRepublicanOH
David P. JoyceRepublicanOH
James B. RenacciRepublicanOH
Jim JordanRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Robert E. LattaRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Steve StiversRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
James LankfordRepublicanOK
Jim BridenstineRepublicanOK
Markwayne MullinRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Charles W. DentRepublicanPA
Glenn ThompsonRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Keith J. RothfusRepublicanPA
Lou BarlettaRepublicanPA
Michael G. FitzpatrickRepublicanPA
Mike KellyRepublicanPA
Patrick MeehanRepublicanPA
Scott PerryRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Jeff DuncanRepublicanSC
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
Mick MulvaneyRepublicanSC
Tom RiceRepublicanSC
Trey GowdyRepublicanSC
Kristi L. NoemRepublicanSD
Charles J. "Chuck" FleischmannRepublicanTN
David P. RoeRepublicanTN
Diane BlackRepublicanTN
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Scott DesJarlaisRepublicanTN
Bill FloresRepublicanTX
Blake FarentholdRepublicanTX
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
K. Michael ConawayRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kenny MarchantRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Louie GohmertRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Michael T. McCaulRepublicanTX
Pete OlsonRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Randy K. Weber, Sr.RepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Roger WilliamsRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Ted PoeRepublicanTX
Chris StewartRepublicanUT
Jason ChaffetzRepublicanUT
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
E. Scott RigellRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
H. Morgan GriffithRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Robert HurtRepublicanVA
Robert J. WittmanRepublicanVA
Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublicanWA
David G. ReichertRepublicanWA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Reid J. RibbleRepublicanWI
Sean P. DuffyRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
David B. McKinleyRepublicanWV
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY

Not Voting41: 22 R · 18 D

MemberPartyState
ANDREWS, Robert ErnestNJ
Jackie SpeierDemocratCA
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratFL
David LoebsackDemocratIA
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
John A. YarmuthDemocratKY
Cedric L. RichmondDemocratLA
Niki TsongasDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Grace MengDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Sean Patrick MaloneyDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratPA
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Paul A. GosarRepublicanAZ
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
John CampbellRepublicanCA
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Ron DeSantisRepublicanFL
Vern BuchananRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
Steve ScaliseRepublicanLA
Jon RunyanRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Mark E. AmodeiRepublicanNV
Christopher P. GibsonRepublicanNY
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Tom MarinoRepublicanPA
Mark SanfordRepublicanSC
Stephen Lee FincherRepublicanTN
Steve StockmanRepublicanTX
Jaime Herrera BeutlerRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI

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