[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 489 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 489

  To require the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent 
 program to provide tuition assistance to members of the Air National 
                                 Guard.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

   Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Bennet) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent 
 program to provide tuition assistance to members of the Air National 
                                 Guard.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air Guard Standardizing Tuition 
Assistance To Unify the Services Act of 2025'' or the ``Air Guard 
STATUS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF TUITION ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF AIR NATIONAL 
              GUARD.

    The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a permanent program 
to pay, under section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, all or a 
portion of the charges of an educational institution for the tuition or 
expenses of a member of the Air National Guard who is in compliance 
with the training requirements under regulations prescribed under 
section 502(a) of title 32, United States Code.
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