This article lists recently added/updated/signed bills from Congress that deal with the Armed Forces. Not all bills listed in this article are necessarily AFSA supported.

• Bill Introduced: S.2206 GI Educational Freedom Act of 2012
  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational counseling to individuals eligible for educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary before such individuals receive such assistance, and for other purposes.

This article lists recently added/updated/signed bills from Congress that deal with the Armed Forces. Not all bills listed in this article are necessarily AFSA supported.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4192 Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act
  To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to provide for the trial of covered persons detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force and to repeal the requirement for military custody.

• Bill Introduced: S.2179 Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012
  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve oversight of educational assistance provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, and for other purposes.

• Bill Introduced: S.2175 Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act of 2012
  A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to provide for the trial of covered persons detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force and to repeal the requirement for military custody.

• Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.107 Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, section 4 of the Constitution.
  Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, section 4 of the Constitution.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4142 American Heroes COLA Act
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4140 Restore the Promise GI Bill
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill.