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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2698 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow veterans affected by school 
closures to continue receiving monthly stipends under the Post-9/11 
Educational Assistance Program for a certain period, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow veterans 
affected by school closures to continue receiving monthly 
stipends under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
Program for a certain period, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Student Veterans 
in Their Homes Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN MONTHLY STIPENDS 
FOR VETERANS AFFECTED BY SCHOOL CLO-
SURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3680(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the matter after paragraph 
(3)(B); 
(2) in paragraph (3), by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; 
(4) in the matter before subparagraph (A), as 
redesignated, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Pay-
ment of’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in 
paragraph (2)(A), payment of’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary may, pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary 
shall prescribe, continue to pay allowances to eligible vet-
erans and eligible persons enrolled in courses set forth in 
paragraph (1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) during periods when schools are tempo-
rarily closed under an established policy based on an 
Executive order of the President or due to an emer-
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gency situation, except that the total number of 
weeks for which allowances may continue to be so 
payable in any 12-month period may not exceed four 
weeks; or 
‘‘(ii) solely for the purpose of awarding a 
monthly housing stipend described in section 3313 
of this title, during periods following a permanent 
school closure, except that payment of such a sti-
pend may only be continued for four months after 
the date of the school closure. 
‘‘(B) Any payment of allowances under subparagraph 
(A) shall not— 
‘‘(i) be counted against the aggregate period for 
which section 3695 of this title limits the individ-
ual’s receipt of educational assistance; or 
‘‘(ii) be charged against any entitlement to edu-
cational assistance of the individual.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Paragraph 
(1)(C)(ii) of such section, as redesignated, is amended by 
striking ‘‘described in subclause (A) of this clause’’ and 
inserting ‘‘described in clause (ii)’’. 
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