Harry Mitchell

Rep. Harry Mitchell is set meet with his local veterans advisory committee Saturday to get feedback on his proposed legislation to create a new GI Bill. The measure is designed to provide military veterans with educational benefits ranging from college tuition to living stipends.

The event is not open to the public.

Mitchell introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act last week. More than half the members of the House have since signed on as co-sponsors, according to his spokesman Seth Scott.

Under provisions of the bill, service members who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001, could earn up to 36 months of college tuition, plus funds for books and housing costs. 

Mitchell, a first-term Democrat, represents Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, which takes in Scottsdale, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Ahwatukee Foothills and west Mesa.

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