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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2167 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for extensions of the 
time limitations for use of entitlement under Department of Veterans 
Affairs educational assistance programs by reason of school closures 
due to emergency and other situations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2021 
Ms. SHERRILL (for herself and Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for exten-
sions of the time limitations for use of entitlement under 
Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance 
programs by reason of school closures due to emergency 
and other situations, 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 ‘‘GI Bill National Emer-
gency Extended Deadline Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ENTI-
TLEMENT 
UNDER 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS BY REASON OF SCHOOL CLO-
SURES DUE TO EMERGENCY AND OTHER SIT-
UATIONS. 
(a) MONTGOMERY GI BILL.—Section 3031 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and sub-
section (i)’’ after ‘‘through (g)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i)(1) 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 of a covered reason, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, such 10-year period— 
‘‘(A) shall not run during the period the indi-
vidual is so prevented from pursuing such program; 
and 
‘‘(B) shall again begin running on a date deter-
mined by the Secretary that is— 
‘‘(i) not earlier than the first day after the 
individual is able to resume pursuit of a pro-
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gram of education with educational assistance 
under this chapter; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days after that day. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, a covered reason is— 
‘‘(A) the temporary or permanent closure of an 
educational institution by reason of an emergency 
situation; or 
‘‘(B) another reason that prevents the indi-
vidual from pursuing the individual’s chosen pro-
gram of education, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
3321(b)(1) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subsections’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), 
and (i)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Subsection (i) of section 3031 of this title 
shall apply with respect to the running of the 15- 
year period described in paragraphs (4)(A) and 
(5)(A) of this subsection in the same manner as 
such subsection applies under section 3031 with re-
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spect to the running of the 10-year period described 
in section 3031(a).’’. 
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