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Topic(s): Crisis Management; Veterans; Veterans Education; Legislation Type: Letters and Comments Letter in Support of Ensuring GI Bill Benefits for Online Programs During COVID-19 Pandemic 3/18/2020Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy asking the House to approve a bill ensuring veterans continue to receive their GI bill benefits when campuses move courses online due to COVID-19. Topic(s): Veterans; Veterans Education Type: Letters and Comments Letter to House on Ensuring GI Bill Benefits Are Not Interrupted During Coronavirus Pandemic 3/12/2020Letter to Rep. Phil Roe in strong support of H.R. 6194, legislation to ensure that veterans continue to receive their GI bill benefits if their institution moves courses online due to the coronavirus. Topic(s): Veterans; Veterans Education Type: Letters and Comments Letter to Senate on Ensuring GI Bill Benefits Are Not Interrupted During Coronavirus Pandemic 3/12/2020Letter to Sens. Jerry Moran and Jon Tester of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee in support of legislation to ensure that veterans continue to receive their GI bill benefits if their institution moves courses online due to the coronavirus. Topic(s): Veterans; Veterans Education Type: Letters and Comments Letter in Support of the FREED Vets Act 3/10/2020Letter to Reps. Conor Lamb and Brian Fitzpatrick on the Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Dischages for Vets Act, which would ensure that veterans with a total and permanent disability would have their federal student loans discharged automatically. Topic(s): Veterans; Veterans Education Type: Letters and Comments Letter to House Veterans' Affairs Committee on Forever GI Bill 4/17/2019ACE and 11 other higher education associations sent a letter to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives regarding the delays of claims processing caused by the implementation of section 107 of the Forever GI Bill. Topic(s): GI Bill; Veterans Type: Letters and Comments Letter to Veterans Affairs on Proposed Changes to Implementation of Forever GI Bill 7/31/2018Letter submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding proposed changes to the implementation of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, also known as the Forever GI Bill. Topic(s): Veterans Letter to the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs for the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 7/25/2017ACE and five other higher education associations sent this letter to Johnny Isakson (R-GA), chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-MT) in support of this comprehensive, bipartisan legislation. The House passed its bill on July 24. Topic(s): Veterans Type: Letters and Comments Letter of Support to the House Veterans' Affairs Committee for the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 7/19/2017This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation would strengthen and expand educational benefits for veterans and their families, while ensuring that veterans and family members are able to access those benefits for a longer time. Topic(s): Veterans; Regulation Type: Letters and Comments Letter of Support for the Veterans Education Empowerment Act of 2017 7/14/2017Modeled after the Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success program, the bill would authorize a competitive grant program in the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the creation of veteran student centers on campus. Topic(s): Veterans Type: Letters and Comments 12