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An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances, educational and training assistance allowances, and special allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons under chapters 31, 34, and 35 of such title; to improve and expand the special programs for educationally disadvantaged veterans and servicemen under chapter 34 of such title; to improve and expand the veteran student services program; to establish an education loan program for veterans and persons eligible for benefits under chapter 34 or 35 of such title; to make other improvements in the educational assistance program and in the administration of educational benefits; to promote the employment of veterans and the wives and widows of certain veterans by improving and expanding the provisions governing the operation of the Veterans Employment Service, by increasing the employment of veterans by Federal contractors and subcontractors, and by providing for an action plan for the employment of disabled and Vietnam era veterans within the Federal Government; to codify and expand veterans reemployment rights; and for other purposes.

Public Law 93-508 · H.R. 12628 · 93rd Congress · began in the House

Vetoed by Gerald Ford (R); passed over the veto on Dec 3, 1974 · Armed Forces and National Security

Veto override

Sponsor: Rep. William Dorn (D-SC-3)

Cosponsors (24): Rep. Olin Teague, Rep. James Haley,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 388 yea, 0 nay388–0
SenateMethod not stated

Veto override votes

HouseNeeds two-thirds: 394 yea, 10 nay394–10
SenateNeeds two-thirds: 90 yea, 1 nay90–1

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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Amendments Act - Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans.

Establishes a veterans and dependents education loan program. Sets forth the procedures and regulations for administration of such loans.

Requires the reemployment at his former job of any individual inducted into the Armed Forces, upon discharge from the Armed Forces.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 389 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

389 yea0 nay45 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(227)

Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-9
Rep. John MossD-CA-3
Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-30
Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. John BurtonD-CA-6
Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-21
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
Rep. Jerome WaldieD-CA-14
Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
Rep. Yvonne BurkeD-CA-37
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-35
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
Rep. George BrownD-CA-38
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
Rep. Floyd HicksD-WA-6
Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. William BarrettD-PA-1
Rep. John DentD-PA-21
Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
Rep. James CormanD-CA-22
Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
Rep. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
Rep. Robert TiernanD-RI-2
Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
Rep. Julia HansenD-WA-3
Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-26
Rep. Chester HolifieldD-CA-19
Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Frank DenholmD-SD-1
Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-24
Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
Rep. John BlatnikD-MN-8
Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
Rep. Richard HannaD-CA-34
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
Rep. Ogden ReidD-NY-24
Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
Rep. John McFallD-CA-15
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
Rep. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
Rep. John KluczynskiD-IL-5
Rep. Richard FultonD-TN-5
Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
Rep. Kenneth HechlerD-WV-4
Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Martha GriffithsD-MI-17
Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
Rep. Torbert MacdonaldD-MA-7
Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Frank ClarkD-PA-25
Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
Rep. Ella GrassoD-CT-6
Rep. John CulverD-IA-2
Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. Clem McSpaddenD-OK-2
Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
Rep. John DavisD-GA-7
Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
Rep. William RoyD-KS-2
Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
Rep. Robert CaseyD-TX-22
Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Bill GunterD-FL-5
Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
Rep. Thomas GettysD-SC-5
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
Rep. Phillip LandrumD-GA-9
Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. William DornD-SC-3
Rep. Edith GreenD-OR-3
Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Thomas DowningD-VA-1
Rep. James MannD-SC-4
Rep. Dale MilfordD-TX-24
Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
Rep. Ovie FisherD-TX-21
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Rep. John RarickD-LA-6

Republicans who voted yea(162)

Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
Rep. Peter PeyserR-NY-23
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
Rep. Paul CroninR-MA-5
Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-17
Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
Rep. William WidnallR-NJ-7
Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
Rep. Wendell WyattR-OR-1
Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
Rep. Marvin EschR-MI-2
Rep. Charles SandmanR-NJ-2
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-1
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Donald BrotzmanR-CO-2
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
Rep. Joseph MarazitiR-NJ-13
Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Lawrence WilliamsR-PA-7
Rep. Angelo RoncalloR-NY-3
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
Rep. Jerry PettisR-CA-33
Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
Rep. Lawrence HoganR-MD-5
Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
Rep. Dick ShoupR-MT-1
Rep. Thad CochranR-MS-4
Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
Rep. James HastingsR-NY-39
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. James GroverR-NY-2
Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
Rep. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
Rep. Joel BroyhillR-VA-10
Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-12
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. Charles GubserR-CA-10
Rep. Vinegar Bend MizellR-NC-5
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
Rep. Louis WymanR-NH-1
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
Rep. William BrayR-IN-6
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
Rep. Charles ChamberlainR-MI-6
Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
Rep. Robert PriceR-TX-13
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Roger ZionR-IN-8
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
Rep. Robert HanrahanR-IL-3
Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
Rep. William ScherleR-IA-5
Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-28
Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
Rep. Harold FroehlichR-WI-8
Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-42
Rep. Earl RuthR-NC-8
Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
Rep. Carleton KingR-NY-29
Rep. William HudnutR-IN-11
Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
Rep. John WareR-PA-5
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
Rep. Leslie ArendsR-IL-15
Rep. LaMar BakerR-TN-3
Rep. Peter FrelinghuysenR-NJ-5
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-20
Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-27
Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
Rep. Harold CollierR-IL-6
Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-13
Rep. John CampR-OK-6
Rep. David MartinR-NE-3
Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
Rep. William KetchumR-CA-36
Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
Rep. Sam SteigerR-AZ-3
Rep. Glenn DavisR-WI-9
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. David DennisR-IN-10
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
Rep. John ConlanR-AZ-4
Rep. George GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. John RousselotR-CA-24
Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Rep. Earl LandgrebeR-IN-2
Rep. Harold GrossR-IA-3

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 979 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Veterans' Affairs Committee · House · referred to, reported by
Veterans' Affairs Committee · Senate · discharged from, referred to

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Timeline

From introduction to the override, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 34 actions.

Dec 3, 1974VetoVeto · Motion to override veto passed Senate, roll call #513 (90-1).Senate roll call 513
VetoVeto · Passed Senate over veto: Motion to override veto passed Senate, roll call #513 (90-1).Senate roll call 513
VetoVeto · Motion to override veto passed House, roll call #648 (394-10).House roll call 648
VetoVeto · Passed House over veto: Motion to override veto passed House, roll call #648 (394-10).House roll call 648
PresidentPresident · Public law 93-508.
Nov 26, 1974PresidentPresident · Vetoed by President, H. Doc. 93-396.
Nov 19, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
Oct 10, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #598 (388-0).House roll call 598
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #598 (388-0).House roll call 598
Oct 7, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-1240.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-1240.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1435.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1435.
Oct 1, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
Sep 30, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
Aug 22, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment agreed to in House, roll call #519 (386-0).House roll call 519
OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: Motion to recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment agreed to in House, roll call #519 (386-0).House roll call 519
Aug 21, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
Aug 19, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-1107.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-1107.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1303.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1303.
Jul 9, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
Jun 26, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
Jun 19, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2784.
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Feb 21, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.