Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 16 through June 23, 2019, as National GI Bill Commemoration Week and Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.

honors the achievements of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284) in democratizing higher education, increasing home ownership, establishing greater citizenship through economic empowerment, and empowering a generation that would serve for decades to guide the transformation of the United States into a global force for good;

considers those veterans benefitting from the GI Bill on this Anniversary to be equal to the challenge of creating a lasting American prosperity as their forebears, and have the opportunity to become the heirs to the Greatest Generation;

affirms the responsibility of Congress to be faithful stewards of educational assistance provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that such assistance endures as an honorable investment of public dollars; and

encourages all Americans to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the signing of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.