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H.R. 983119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) · 0 active
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-55.
Where it standsBecame law44 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedApr 7, 2025
- Senate: passedNov 20, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 12, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govMontgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
This act requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs disapprove courses of education provided by educational institutions that charge higher than in-state tuition for individuals utilizing the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve education benefits while living in the state where the education is located, regardless of the individual’s state of residence.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services · HouseBills of interest - exchange of · Referred to
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseBills of interest - exchange of · Referred to
- Economic Opportunity · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Higher education
- Student aid and college costs
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
