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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3535 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the work-study allowance 

program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 27, 2019 

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, 

Mrs. LEE of Nevada, and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

work-study allowance program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GI Bill Work Study 

5 Improvement Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO WORK-STUDY ALLOWANCE PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCE.—Subsection (a) of 

9 section 3485 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Individuals’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘In accordance with paragraph (4), in3 dividuals’’; 

4 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and 

5 (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 

6 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol7 lowing new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall carry out this section by 

9 providing to educational institutions an annual amount for 

10 the institution to use in paying work-study allowance 

11 under paragraph (1) to individuals enrolled at the institu12 tion. 

13 ‘‘(B) With respect to an educational institution that 

14 participated in the work-study program under this section 

15 during the academic year beginning August 1, 2018, the 

16 Secretary shall determine the annual amount to provide 

17 to the educational institution under subparagraph (A) as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(i) For the academic year beginning August 1, 

20 2020, the amount shall be the total amount the Sec21 retary paid under this section to individuals enrolled 

22 at such educational institution during the academic 

23 year beginning August 1, 2018. 

24 ‘‘(ii) Except as provided by subparagraph 

25 (D)(ii), for each academic year beginning on or after 


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1 August 1, 2021, the amount shall be the total 

2 amount the educational institution paid under this 

3 section for work-study allowance to individuals en4 rolled at such educational institution during the pre5 vious academic year in which individuals participated 

6 in the work-study program. 

7 ‘‘(C) With respect to an educational institution that 

8 did not participate in the work-study program under this 

9 section during the academic year beginning August 1, 

10 2018, the Secretary shall determine the annual amount 

11 to provide to the educational institution under subpara12 graph (A) as follows: 

13 ‘‘(i) For the first academic year in which the 

14 educational institution participates in the work-study 

15 program beginning on or after August 1, 2020, the 

16 amount shall be an amount the Secretary determines 

17 appropriate based on amounts provided to similar 

18 educational institutions pursuant to subparagraph 

19 (B). 

20 ‘‘(ii) Except as provided by subparagraph 

21 (D)(ii), for each academic year occurring after the 

22 academic year specified in clause (i), the amount 

23 shall be the total amount the educational institution 

24 paid under this section for work-study allowance to 

25 individuals enrolled at such educational institution 


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1 during the previous academic year in which individ2 uals enrolled at such educational institution partici3 pated in the work-study program. 

4 ‘‘(D)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), if the Sec5 retary provides an annual amount to an educational insti6 tution under subparagraph (B) or (C) that is more than 

7 the total amount the educational institution pays to indi8 viduals under paragraph (1), the educational institution 

9 shall return to the Secretary the unpaid amount and the 

10 Secretary shall transfer such amount into the general fund 

11 of the Treasury. 

12 ‘‘(ii) If the annual amount provided to an educational 

13 institution under subparagraph (B) or (C) is more, but 

14 less than ten percent more, than the total amount the edu15 cational institution pays to individuals under paragraph 

16 (1), and the educational institution plans to participate 

17 in the work-study program under this section during the 

18 subsequent academic year, the educational institution may 

19 retain the amount of the overpayment if the educational 

20 institution notifies the Secretary of the amount of the 

21 overpayment and the intention of the educational institu22 tion to retain such amount. Any amount retained by an 

23 educational institution under this clause may only be used 

24 by the educational institution to provide work-study allow25 ance to individuals enrolled at the educational institution. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) At any time an educational institution may re2 quest the Secretary to increase the annual amount that 

3 the Secretary provides the educational institution under 

4 subparagraph (B) or (C). 

5 ‘‘(E) Pursuant to section 3690(c), section 3693, and 

6 other provisions of chapter 36 of this title, the Secretary 

7 shall ensure that educational institutions carry out the 

8 work-study allowance program in compliance with this sec9 tion.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e)(1) 

11 of such section is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(5)’’. 

13 (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 

14 section shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, or 

15 term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 

16 2020. 

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