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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9854 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9854

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
   monthly housing stipend received by parents pursuing a program of 
    education through distance learning using Post-9/11 Educational 
                  Assistance, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2024

 Mrs. Steel (for herself, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Obernolte, Mrs. Luna, 
Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
   monthly housing stipend received by parents pursuing a program of 
    education through distance learning using Post-9/11 Educational 
                  Assistance, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Education Flexibility for Veteran 
Parents Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND FOR PARENTS PURSUING A 
              PROGRAM OF EDUCATION THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING USING 
              POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3313(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``case of an individual'' and inserting the 
        following: ``case of--
                                    ``(I) an individual not described 
                                in subclause (II)''; and
            (2) in subclause (I), as designated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(II) an individual who is the 
                                parent of a dependent child pursuing a 
                                program of education solely through 
                                distance learning on more than a half-
                                time basis, a monthly housing stipend 
                                equal to the amount of monthly housing 
                                stipend the individual would receive 
                                under clause (i) if the individual was 
                                physically participating in a majority 
                                of classes in a campus of the 
                                institution of higher learning in the 
                                ZIP Code area in which the individual 
                                resides.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the first academic year beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and each academic year thereafter.
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