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Amirah Burkett
TITLE I
CHAPTER I-HOSPITALIZATION, CLAIMS, AND PROCEDURES
SEC. 100. The Veterans' Administration is hereby declared to be an essential war agency and entitled, second only to the War and Navy Departments, to priorities in personnel, equipment, supplies, and material under any laws, Executive orders, and regulations pertaining to priorities, and in appointments of personnel from civil-service registers the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby granted the same authority and discretion as the War and Navy Departments and the United States Public Health Service: Provided, That the provisions of this section as to priorities for materials shall apply to any State institution to be built for the care or hospitalization of veterans.
The people who are at war are entitled to things such as personnel, equipment, supplies and material under any circumstance and are granted the same power and choice as the War and Navy Departments and the United States Public Health Service. They are entitled to apply to any place that offers hospitalization for veterans.
SEC. 101. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Federal Board of Hospitalization are hereby authorized and directed to expedite and complete the construction of additional hospital facilities for war veterans, and to enter into agreements and contracts for the use by or transfer to the Veterans' Administration of suitable Army and Navy hospitals after termination of hostilities in the present war or after such institutions are no longer needed by the armed services; and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs is hereby authorized and directed to establish necessary regional offices, sub- offices, branch offices, contact units, or other subordinate offices in centers of population where there is no Veterans' Administration facility, or where such a facility is not readily available or accessible : Provided, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $500,000,000 for the construction of additional hospital facilities.
SEC.103. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall have authority to place officials and employees designated by him in such Army and Navy installations as may be deemed advisable for the purpose of adjudicating disability claims of, and giving aid and advice to, members of the Army and Navy who are about to be discharged or released from active service.
Whoever is the Administrator of the Veterans' Affairs should have the right to put people in Army and Navy instillations so they will have people to talk to and provides aid for those who are about to be discharged or released from the service.
SEC. 105. No person in the armed forces shall be required to sign a statement of any nature relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of any disease or injury he may have, and any such statement against his own interest signed at any time, shall be null and void and of no force and effect.
No person in the service should be required to sign anything relating to past, recent or to annoy diseases or injury they may have.
Were there any critics of the bill? Who were they? What was their argument? - Kristina Chiev
Some criticism of the the Post 9/11 GI Bill was that, there were delays in giving payments to the colleges, so the government decided to give them checks but because the checks were too large, banks didn't honor these "checks" as checks. Also Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America said that this bill was disorganized and hard to manage and needs to be changed so that there isn't a state by state money limit but a national wide money limit.

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Amirah Burkett
TITLE I
CHAPTER I-HOSPITALIZATION, CLAIMS, AND PROCEDURES
SEC. 100. The Veterans' Administration is hereby declared to be an essential war agency and entitled, second only to the War and Navy Departments, to priorities in personnel, equipment, supplies, and material under any laws, Executive orders, and regulations pertaining to priorities, and in appointments of personnel from civil-service registers the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby granted the same authority and discretion as the War and Navy Departments and the United States Public Health Service: Provided, That the provisions of this section as to priorities for materials shall apply to any State institution to be built for the care or hospitalization of veterans.
SEC. 101. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Federal Board of Hospitalization are hereby authorized and directed to expedite and complete the construction of additional hospital facilities for war veterans, and to enter into agreements and contracts for the use by or transfer to the Veterans' Administration of suitable Army and Navy hospitals after termination of hostilities in the present war or after such institutions are no longer needed by the armed services; and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs is hereby authorized and directed to establish necessary regional offices, sub- offices, branch offices, contact units, or other subordinate offices in centers of population where there is no Veterans' Administration facility, or where such a facility is not readily available or accessible : Provided, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $500,000,000 for the construction of additional hospital facilities.
SEC.103. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall have authority to place officials and employees designated by him in such Army and Navy installations as may be deemed advisable for the purpose of adjudicating disability claims of, and giving aid and advice to, members of the Army and Navy who are about to be discharged or released from active service.
SEC. 105. No person in the armed forces shall be required to sign a statement of any nature relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of any disease or injury he may have, and any such statement against his own interest signed at any time, shall be null and void and of no force and effect. ||
Were there any critics of the bill? Who were they? What was their argument? - Kristina Chiev
Some criticism of the the Post 9/11 GI Bill was that, there were delays in giving payments to the colleges, so the government decided to give them checks but because the checks were too large, banks didn't honor these "checks" as checks. Also Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America said that this bill was disorganized and hard to manage and needs to be changed so that there isn't a state by state money limit but a national wide money limit.

It is mostly the same only it doesn't cover as much. One thing it doesn't do is apparently there is this program in the army where you can pay 600$ and then you get money back. But apparently if a soldier does that program they don't get covered by the GI Bill. A lot of people say this will decrease incentives to join the army in a time where we "most need it." A lot of people say that it is too hard to transfer that money to kids or spouses and that is a problem with the bill too.
What's its legacy? What do the members of your group think about the bill? Was it a good idea or bad idea? How would the US be different if the GI Bill was not enacted?
WeWell the GI Bill open up door for many people that might not have ever thought about going to college. It allowed those with no ambitions of succeeding in life after the war, a chance to succeed in life. We think it was before. Just from what we see from everyday life, there would be a lot of unemployed veterans because they don't have the skills to have an actual job.
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The G.I Bill
Introduction
The G.I Bill also known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 was a bill that provided finical aid for college to World War two veterans. It also supplied unemployment compensation and home and business loans. The bill now includes other veteran programs that benefit and assist veterans that have served in other wars.
The G.I Bill definitely worked. It created postwar success; helped million of veterans attend college, finish vocational training, obtain loans for homes and businesses, and receive unemployment payments.
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The legacy was the opportunity for African Americans to go to a college and raise the percentage of the usual perspective of Black college students. Though the twist of the situation was that this bill was passed by Uncle Sam, the most unexpected, anti-opportunity person to start such a movement. Though, my members do believe it was a good bill to be passed because it was a bill of opportunity, something everyone should have, even if it's Uncle Sam giving the opportunity, it something that can't be taken for granted. If the bill had not been passed African Americans would still have began to have a higher percentage of college participants, but it wouldn't have happened as fast as it did after the bill was passed.
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I am pretty sure there were critics of the bill. I mean yin doesn't live without a yang.
- Who were they?
John McCain is a criticand George W. Bush were critics for the
- What was their argument?
McCain believes that the promise of full college tuition upon discharge (you do not use the GI Bill until you get out) will prompt too many service members to get out sooner than they would have otherwise.