S 972

Summary

Fairness in Veterans’ Education Act of 2025 This bill modifies the process for repaying service members and veterans who paid to keep benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, but later chose to utilize Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue the repayments with the last monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This requirement has limited the repayments to individuals who are receiving stipends. Under the bill, the VA must make such a repayment before the exhaustion of the individual's entitlement to education assistance.

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Sen. Jim Banks [R-IN]

Cosponsors

2

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Introduced

2025-03-11

Latest action

2025-12-09: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 288.

Committee referrals

• Veterans' Affairs Committee: Senate · Reported By · 2025-12-09
• Veterans' Affairs Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2025-07-30
• Veterans' Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-03-11

Recent actions

• 2025-12-09: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 288.
• 2025-12-09: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
• 2025-12-09: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
• 2025-07-30: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• 2025-03-11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.