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Revise the "Fairness in the Post 9/11 GI Bill act of 2011 to reinstate break pay and eliminate tuition cap.

Created by D.H. on December 26, 2014

In August of 2011 a bill was passed to restructure and reform the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Unfortunately it contained grandfathered in clauses to eliminate living allowance pay while a student's is on a holiday break and during weekends. Instead of receiving the basic E-5 w/ Dependants rate, the veteran receives hundreds of dollars less.
The break pay clause had been in the GI bill since the original Montgomery GI bill was passed 60 years ago. Also there is limit on tuition to the in state rate of the state the soldier left service in (not his home) The GI is not a benefit or social entitlement. It is a fund that every soldier pays $2500-4000 of his or her first year's pay into. The outline of benefits is signed as a contract upon enlistment. Failure to pay them is a breach of contract.

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