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SEC. 409. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO GUARANTEE PAYMENT OF 
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON CERTIFICATES OR OTHER 
SECURITIES. 
Section 3720(h)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
SEC. 410. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT 
WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REGARDING 
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO 
DIOXIN AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN HERBI-
CIDES. 
Section 3(i) of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 (Public Law 
102–4; 38 U.S.C. 1116 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
SEC. 411. MODIFICATIONS OF REDUCTIONS OF REPORTING FEE MULTI-
PLIERS. 
(a) THROUGH JULY 31, 2018.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 412 of the Jeff Miller and Richard 
Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–315; 38 U.S.C. 3684 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 25, 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2018’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for subsection (a) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘SEPTEMBER 25, 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘JULY 31, 2018’’. 
(b) AUGUST 1, 2018, THROUGH JULY 31, 2020.—During the 
period beginning on August 1, 2018, and ending on July 31, 2020, 
section 3684(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by 
section 304 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assist-
ance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘$15’’ for ‘‘$16’’. 
TITLE V—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 501. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO HARRY W. COLMERY VET-
ERANS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2017. 
(a) USE OF STATE APPROVING AGENCIES FOR OVERSIGHT ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 3673(d) is amended by inserting ‘‘compliance and’’ 
before ‘‘risk-based surveys’’. 
(b) CALCULATION OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND UNDER POST- 
9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BASED ON LOCATION OF 
CAMPUS WHERE CLASSES ARE ATTENDED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3313(g)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(aa) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the institution at which the individual is enrolled’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the campus of the institution of where the indi-
vidual physically participates in a majority of classes’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph 
(1) shall apply with respect to enrollment for a quarter, 
semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 
1, 2018. 
(3) ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (b) of 
section 107 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational 
Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48) is amended to 
read as follows:
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‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall apply with respect to enrollment for a quarter, semester, 
or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2018.’’. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPENDS DURING 
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (j) of section 3313 is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) DETERMINATION OF MONTHLY HOUSING STIPENDS DURING 
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.—For any month during which an individual 
who is entitled to a monthly housing stipend under this section 
is performing active duty service, the Secretary shall determine 
the amount of such stipend payable to such individual for such 
month on a pro rata basis for the period of such month during 
which the individual is not performing active duty service.’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Such subsection, as amended by para-
graph (1), shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, 
or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2018. 
(d) SPECIAL
APPLICATION
OF
SCHOOL
CLOSURE
RULE
TO 
RECENTLY ENROLLED INDIVIDUALS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
109(c)(1) of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance 
Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to courses and pro-
grams of education discontinued as described in section 
3699 of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a)(1), during the period beginning January 
1, 2015, and ending on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, an individual described in clause (ii) who 
does not transfer credits from such program of edu-
cation shall be deemed to be an individual who did 
not receive such credits, as described in subsection 
(b)(2) of such section, except that the period for which 
such individual’s entitlement is not charged shall be 
the entire period of the individual’s enrollment in the 
program of education. In carrying out this subpara-
graph, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, shall establish 
procedures to determine whether the individual trans-
ferred credits to a comparable course or program of 
education.
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‘‘(ii) 
INDIVIDUAL
DESCRIBED.—An 
individual 
described in this clause is an individual who is enrolled 
in a course or program of education discontinued as 
described in clause (i) during the period beginning 
on the date that is 120 days before the date of such 
discontinuance and ending on the date of such dis-
continuance.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.