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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1946 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the payment of monthly 

housing stipends under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance 

Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2019 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

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

payment of monthly housing stipends under the Post9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Student Veterans 

5 Housing Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND UNDER 

2 POST-9/11 VETERANS EDUCATIONAL ASSIST3 ANCE PROGRAM. 

4 (a) PAYMENT OF MONTHLY.—Section 3313 of title 

5 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new subsection (k): 

7 ‘‘(k) PAYMENT OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND.— 

8 The Secretary may pay a monthly housing stipend under 

9 this section to an individual in connection with the pursuit 

10 of a program of education at an educational institution 

11 during a period in which the institution is closed during 

12 a school term in which the individual is pursuing the pro13 gram of education.’’. 

14 (b) PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN

15 SCHOOL TERMS.—Such section is further amended by 

16 adding at the end the following new subsection (l): 

17 ‘‘(l) PAYMENT OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND FOR

18 CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN SCHOOL TERMS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) CONSECUTIVE TERMS AT SAME INSTITU20 TION.—If educational assistance is payable under 

21 this chapter to an individual for the pursuit of a 

22 program of education at an educational institution 

23 in consecutive school terms, the second of which 

24 does not begin immediately after the first, the 

25 monthly housing stipend payable to the individual 

26 under this section in connection with such assistance 


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1 as of the end of the first term may be payable to 

2 the individual during the period between such terms 

3 if— 

4 ‘‘(A) the institution certifies to the Sec5 retary that the individual is enrolled in the in6 stitution on an individual term basis; 

7 ‘‘(B) the period between such terms does 

8 not exceed eight weeks; and 

9 ‘‘(C) the length of each such term is not 

10 less than the length of the period between such 

11 terms. 

12 ‘‘(2) CONSECUTIVE TERMS AT DIFFERENT IN13 STITUTIONS.—If an individual being paid edu14 cational assistance under this chapter for a school 

15 term at an institution of higher learning (the pre16 ceding term) transfers at the end of the preceding 

17 term to another institution of higher learning for the 

18 pursuit of a qualifying program of education com19 mencing in the next school term (the following 

20 term), the individual may be paid the amount of the 

21 monthly housing stipend payable to the individual 

22 under this section in connection with such assistance 

23 for the preceding term during the period between 

24 the preceding term and the following term if the 

25 length of such period does not exceed 30 days. 


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1 ‘‘(3) NO CHARGE AGAINST ENTITLEMENT.—A 

2 monthly housing stipend paid to an individual under 

3 this subsection shall not be charged against the enti4 tlement of the individual to educational assistance 

5 under this chapter.’’. 

6 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 

7 amendments made by this section shall be construed to 

8 alter eligibility for monthly housing stipends under the 

9 Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program 

10 under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, or any 

11 other program of educational assistance carried out by the 

12 Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

13 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that, in carrying out any program of educational as15 sistance in addition to the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 

16 Assistance Program in which a monthly housing stipend 

17 is payable in connection with receipt of such assistance 

18 under such program, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

19 should apply the requirements and limitations in sub20 sections (k) and (l) of section 3313 of title 38, United 

21 States Code (as amended by this section), in the payment 

22 of such stipends, to the extent applicable. 

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