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To require the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent program to provide tuition assistance to members of the Air National Guard.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent program providing tuition assistance to members of the Air National Guard. The program would pay all or a portion of tuition and educational expenses for Air National Guard members who are in compliance with their military training requirements.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Eric Sorensen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC. $21,800
- CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES $14,950
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $14,490
- BAIN CAPITAL $13,200
- NULL $12,400
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Eric Sorensen → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Dec 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Dec 4, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2025
Mr. Sorensen (for himself, Mr. Finstad, and Mr. Graves) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent program to provide tuition assistance to members of the Air National Guard.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Air Guard Standardizing Tuition Assistance To Unify the Services Act of 2025” or the “Air Guard STATUS Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF TUITION ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a permanent program to pay, under section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, all or a portion of the charges of an educational institution for the tuition or expenses of a member of the Air National Guard who is in compliance with the training requirements under regulations prescribed under section 502(a) of title 32, United States Code. <all>
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