Federal money helps schools set up support centers for student veterans
S. 5582 — Veteran Education Empowerment Act · Filed by Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 29, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill gives money to schools to start or improve Student Veteran Centers. Each school can get up to $500,000 over 4 years. The centers help student veterans get mental health help, pay advice, and homework help. They also give peer support from other veterans. Schools must show their centers will keep running and must tell Congress how well they work.
Who it affects
Student veterans at schools get mental health help, pay advice, homework help, and peer support. Schools that serve many student veterans can apply for grants. Groups that help veterans and local job-training groups may work with the centers.
One thing to notice
Schools must report to Congress on how well centers work. They must also report how many veterans finish their degrees.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Sep 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 29, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Student Veteran Centers — Dedicated spaces on school campuses where student veterans get mental health help, pay advice, homework help, and support.
- grants — Money the federal government gives to schools with no requirement to pay it back.
- peer support — Help and friendship from other people in the same situation.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (10,924 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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