About 1,500 active-duty troops and 6,100 National Guardsmen are currently helping with recovery efforts in southeast states.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a veteran who wanted to use both his Post-9/11 GI Bill and Montgomery GI Bill benefits.
The move follows reports of troops suffering significant injuries from the concussive blasts from their own weapons.
The proposal would provide $2 million a year to community groups to pay for the costs of giving service dogs to veterans.
