SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Veteran 
Coronavirus Response Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. COVERED PERIOD DEFINED. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘covered period’’ 
means the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending 
on December 21, 2020. 
SEC. 3. PAYMENT OF WORK-STUDY ALLOWANCES DURING 
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 
During the covered period, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall apply section 3485 of title 38, United States 
Code, as if it were amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f)(1) In case of an individual who is in receipt of 
work-study allowance pursuant to an agreement described 
in subsection (a)(3) as of the date on which an emergency 
situation occurs and who is unable to continue to perform 
qualifying work-study activities described in subsection 
(a)(4) by reason of the emergency situation— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary may continue to pay work- 
study allowance under this section or make deduc-
tions described in subsection (e)(1) during the pe-
riod of such emergency situation, notwithstanding 
the inability of the individual to perform such work- 
study activities by reason of such emergency situa-
tion; and
‘‘(B) at the option of the individual, the Sec-
retary shall extend the agreement described in sub-
section (a)(3) with the individual for any subsequent 
period of enrollment initiated during the emergency 
situation, notwithstanding the inability of the indi-
vidual to perform work-study activities described in 
subsection (a)(4) by reason of such emergency situa-
tion. 
‘‘(2) The amount of work-study allowance payable to 
an individual under paragraph (1)(A) during the period 
of an emergency situation shall be an amount determined 
by the Secretary but may not exceed the amount that 
would be payable under subsection (a)(2) if the individual 
worked 25 hours per week paid during such period.’’. 
SEC. 4. PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES TO VETERANS EN-
ROLLED 
IN 
EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
CLOSED FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, the 
Secretary may pay allowances to an eligible veteran or eli-
gible person under section 3680(a)(2)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, if the veteran or person is enrolled 
in a program or course of education that— 
(1) is provided by an educational institution 
that is closed by reason of an emergency situation; 
or
(2) is suspended by reason of an emergency sit-
uation. 
(b) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE.—The total number of 
weeks for which allowances may be paid under this section 
may not exceed four weeks. 
(c) NOT COUNTED
FOR PURPOSES
OF LIMITA-
TION.—Any amount paid under this section shall not be 
counted for purposes of the limitation on allowanced under 
section 3680(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT OF 
STUDENTS UNABLE TO PURSUE A PROGRAM 
OF EDUCATION DUE TO AN EMERGENCY SIT-
UATION. 
During the covered period, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall apply section 3699(b)(1) of title 38, United 
States Code, as if it were amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’ ; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) the temporary closure of an edu-
cational institution or the temporary closure or
termination of a course or program of education 
by reason of an emergency situation; and’’. 
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITATIONS FOR USE OF EN-
TITLEMENT. 
(a) MONTGOMERY GI BILL.—During the covered pe-
riod, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply section 
3031 of title 38, United States Code, as if it were amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) In the case of an individual eligible for edu-
cational assistance under this chapter who is prevented 
from pursuing the individual’s chosen program of edu-
cation before the expiration of the 10-year period for the 
use of entitlement under this chapter otherwise applicable 
under this section because the educational institution 
closed (temporarily or permanently) under an established 
policy based on an Executive order of the President or 
due to an emergency situation, such 10-year period— 
‘‘(1) shall not run during the period the indi-
vidual is so prevented from pursuing such program; 
and 
‘‘(2) shall again begin running on the first day 
after the individual is able to resume pursuit of a 
program of education with educational assistance 
under this chapter.’’. 
(b) POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply section 
3321(b)(1) of such title as if it were amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Sub-
sections’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(d), and (i)’’; and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Subsection (i) of section 3031 (as de-
scribed in section 6 of the Student Veteran 
Coronavirus Response Act of 2020) shall apply with 
respect to the running of the 15-year period de-
scribed in paragraphs (4)(A) and (5)(A) of this sub-
section in the same manner as such subsection ap-
plies under section 3031 with respect to the running 
of the 10-year period described in section 3031(a).’’. 
(2) TRANSFER
PERIOD.—During the covered 
period, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply 
section 3319(h)(5) of such title as if it were amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘or 
(C)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS.—In any 
case in which the Secretary determines that an 
individual to whom entitlement is transferred 
under this section has been prevented from pur-
suing the individual’s chosen program of edu-
cation before the individual attains the age of 
26 years because the educational institution 
closed (temporarily or permanently) under an 
established policy based on an Executive order 
of the President or due to an emergency situa-
tion, the Secretary shall extend the period dur-
ing which the individual may use such entitle-
ment for a period equal to the number of 
months that the individual was so prevented 
from pursuing the program of education, as de-
termined by the Secretary.’’. 
(c) VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND TRAINING.— 
(1) PERIOD FOR USE.—During the covered pe-
riod, the Secretary of Veterans affairs shall apply 
section 3103 of such title as if it were amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or (e)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(e), or (g)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2018. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 31, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6322 
AN ACT 
To make certain improvements in the educational 
assistance benefits under the laws administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case 
of changes to courses of education by reason of 
emergency situations, and for other purposes.