Description:
The bill would Increase the fees that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) charges veterans for home loan guarantees Provide additional burial benefits for veterans Provide service members more time to decide whether to contribute to the Montgomery GI Bill Require public schools to charge no more than in-state tuition for students using veterans’ education benefits Establish a new life insurance program for veterans with medical conditions connected to military service Modify veterans’ pension benefits Impose mandates on intergovernmental and private-sector entities by prohibiting early termination fees on property and car leases, permitting telecommunication and Internet contracts to be cancelled without penalty, and expanding employment protections for members of the National Guard Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from Increasing fees charged by VA for home loan guarantees Providing additional veterans’ burial and pension payments Reducing service member contributions to the Montgomery GI Bill Reducing net costs for veterans’ insurance benefits Areas of significant uncertainty include Projecting the number and characteristics of home loans guaranteed by VA Estimating the number of veterans who use new burial and pension benefits Projecting the number of service members who would not make contributions to the Montgomery GI Bill programs and estimating the subsequent changes in their use of education benefits
