Keep working to enact legislation capping flight training fees for veteran students and allowing veterans to use GI Bill benefits throughout the whole year for flight training.

The Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act will cap flight training fees for veteran students at $108,480 for public flight training institutions and allow student veterans to use their GI Bill throughout the whole year... "This is a great first step, and we’ll keep working to get them signed into law."

McGarvey committed to continue working to get his veterans flight training legislation signed into law, including a fee cap and year-round GI Bill access for flight training.

Two McGarvey Bills to Support Veterans’ Education Passed by House of Representatives | Congressman Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky's 3rd District
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For flight training, the statute provides payment of the lesser of actual net tuition and fees or a capped amount: $10,000 for the academic year beginning August 1, 2011, increased in subsequent academic years.

Federal law already contains a Post-9/11 GI Bill flight-training cap, indexed by academic year. This supports only part of the promise and indicates the core cap predated McGarvey's House service.

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38 U.S.C. §3313 - Educational assistance: amount; payment
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VA lists current rates for August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026, and says flight training for a non-degree certificate or rating program is covered up to $17,097.67.

VA confirms a current annual/academic-year flight-training payment cap, but this does not show new enactment by McGarvey or a change allowing uncapped year-round use.

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Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) Rates | Veterans Affairs
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VA says eligible veterans may use Post-9/11 GI Bill, Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty, or Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve benefits for approved FAA-certified flight training; for Post-9/11 GI Bill, VA pays approved fees up to the maximum cap.

This confirms veterans can use GI Bill benefits for flight training under current rules, subject to a cap. It does not establish that McGarvey enacted new legislation on the issue.

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Flight Training | Veterans Affairs
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The amendment notes state that Pub. L. 111-377 added subsection (g) in 2011 and that the amendments generally took effect August 1, 2011. The 2023 amendment listed on the page concerns subsection (l)(1), not the flight-training cap.

The official amendment history points to the flight-training payment framework being enacted long before McGarvey entered Congress in 2023; no same-term enactment of the promised change is shown here.

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38 U.S.C. §3313 - Educational assistance: amount; payment
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Congress.gov identifies Morgan McGarvey as House Kentucky, District 3, serving in the 118th-119th Congresses from 2023 to present, with member activity categories including sponsored legislation, cosponsored legislation, remarks, and roll-call votes.

This establishes the relevant federal service window. I found no official Congress.gov evidence in the reviewed member activity tying McGarvey to enacted flight-training GI Bill legislation during that window.

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Representative Morgan McGarvey | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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