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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5702 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5702

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the monthly housing 
    stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for 
  individuals who pursue summer programs of education solely through 
                           distance learning.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2023

    Mr. Ciscomani (for himself, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Van Orden, and Ms. 
  Stansbury) 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 establish the monthly housing 
    stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for 
  individuals who pursue summer programs of education solely through 
                           distance learning.

    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 ``Expanding Access for Online Veteran 
Students Act''.

SEC. 2. MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND UNDER THE POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO PURSUE SUMMER 
              PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION SOLELY THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING.

    (a) In General.--Section 3313(c)(1)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and (iii)'' and inserting 
        ``, (iii), and (iv)'';
            (2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new 
        clause (iv):
                            ``(iv) In the case of an individual 
                        pursuing, solely through distance learning, a 
                        program of education that is shorter than 12 
                        weeks during the summer, for each month the 
                        individual pursues the program of education, a 
                        monthly housing stipend equal to the product 
                        of--
                                    ``(I) the national average of the 
                                monthly amount of the basic allowance 
                                for housing payable under section 403 
                                of title 37 for a member with 
                                dependents in pay grade E-5, multiplied 
                                by
                                    ``(II) the lesser of--
                                            ``(aa) 1.0 and
                                            ``(bb) the number of course 
                                        hours borne by the individual 
                                        in pursuit of the program of 
                                        education, divided by the 
                                        minimum number of course hours 
                                        required for full-time pursuit 
                                        of the program of education, 
                                        rounded to the nearest multiple 
                                        of 10.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to a program of education beginning on or after August 1, 2024.
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