Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Kean
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Summary
Caps federal GI Bill payments for flight training at public colleges at $100,000, with annual inflation indexing. It adds a specific limit inside the Post-9/11 GI Bill that applies only to flight training programs offered by public institutions and takes effect for people who begin training on or after August 1, 2026.
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- Veterans and student pilots: If you first start flight training on or after August 1, 2026 your Post-9/11 GI Bill will pay up to $100,000 toward flight training fees, with the cap rising each year based on the Consumer Price Index.
- Public colleges with flight programs: Federal payments for a student's flight training at a public institution are capped at the set amount, so the federal share per student is limited to the indexed $100,000 maximum.
- Department of Veterans Affairs: The VA must apply the new subsection when calculating flight training benefits and increase the cap annually using the CPI formula specified in the law.
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GI Bill cap for veteran flight training
If enacted, this would cap GI Bill payments for flight training at public colleges at $100,000 total. It would apply only if you first start flight training on or after August 1, 2026. Each fiscal year, the cap would rise by the CPI change for the 12 months ending June 30, rounded to the nearest dollar. VA would pay the smaller of your approved flight training fees or the cap. The limit would only apply to flight training offered by public institutions of higher learning.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kean
NJ • R
Cosponsors
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
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