Key Votes
S Amdt 4803 - GI Bill and Other Domestic Provisions - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Jeff Sessions III voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 2642 -
- S Amdt 4818 - Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- S Amdt 4817 - Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with Provisions Regarding Conduct and Congressional Oversight
- S Amdt 4803 - GI Bill and Other Domestic Provisions
Issues
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Education
- Foreign Affairs
- Senior Citizens
- Veterans
- Unemployed and Low-Income
Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, WHICH REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (75-22) - May 22, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: GI Bill and Other Domestic Provisions
Vote to adopt an amendment to HR 2642 that provides education funding for eligible members of the Armed Forces, extends unemployment compensation, establishes moratoria on certain actions regarding Medicaid, and appropriates a total of $28.67 billion for various domestic and international purposes.
- Appropriates payments to be made to fund the higher education of individuals who have served on active duty in the Armed Forces beginning on or after September 11, 2001, based on factors such as length of active duty service and disabilities accrued (Sec. 4003)
- Specifies that these payments to the Armed Forces shall not exceed the cost of in-state tuition at the most expensive public university in the state in which the individual is enrolled (Sec. 4003).
- Establishes a program through which assistance voluntarily provided by an educational institution for a member of the Armed Forces that covers a portion of the amount by which tuition exceeds the cost of in-state tuition would be matched by the Secretary of Defense (Sec. 4003).
- Allows participating states to establish emergency unemployment compensation accounts for eligible individuals that shall contain an amount equaling up to 13 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year (Sec. 5002).
- Extends and expands moratoria relating to Medicaid through April 1, 2009, including (Sec. 6001):
- Cutting Medicaid reimbursements to health care providers;
- Removing Medicaid reimbursements for graduate medical education programs;
- Excluding certain social services related to families and children from being included in the Medicaid program; and
- Restricting optional case management services, outpatient hospital services, or allowable provider taxes.
- Appropriates $14.23 billion for security, military construction, and international matters.
- Appropriates $10.39 billion for expenses related to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, and other natural disasters, including a total of $450 million for wildland fire management.
- Appropriates $4.05 billion for domestic matters, including a total of $590 million for state and local law enforcement, a total of $275 million for the Food and Drug Administration, and $210 million for periodic censuses and programs.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - May 22, 2008
Title: GI Bill and Other Domestic Provisions
