The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 983 Signed into law

Sponsored by Derrick Van Orden (R)

Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025

Requires VA to reject courses at public colleges that charge out-of-state tuition to Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve users.

Tradeoff

Protects veterans from higher tuition charges at public universities while living in-state. No offsetting cost identified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on April 7, 2025. Passed the Senate by on November 20, 2025 — signed into law on December 12, 2025.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 5, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Feb 5, 2025)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Apr 7, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(Apr 8, 2025)

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Nov 20, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

    Discharged(Nov 20, 2025)

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 3, 2025)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 12, 2025)