Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational institutions are temporarily closed, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill changes the time frame during which the Department of Veterans Affairs may continue to pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to veterans and veterans' family members when educational institutions are temporarily closed.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7119 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7119

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance 
    or subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational 
      institutions are temporarily closed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2018

   Mr. Dunn 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 extend the authority of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance 
    or subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational 
      institutions are temporarily closed, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              TO CONTINUE TO PAY EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE OR SUBSISTENCE 
              ALLOWANCES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS WHEN EDUCATIONAL 
              INSTITUTIONS ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED.

    Section 3680(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the em dash at the end and inserting 
        ``during the following periods:'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``during periods'' and inserting 
                ``Periods''; and
                    (B) by striking ``not exceed 4 weeks; or'' and 
                inserting ``only continue until the earlier of--''; and
                     (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                clauses:
                    ``(i) the date of the end of the term, quarter, or 
                semester during which the temporary closure occurred; 
                and
                    ``(ii) the date that is eight weeks after the date 
                of the temporary closure.''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``solely'' and inserting 
                ``Solely''; and
                    (B) by striking ``during periods'' and inserting 
                ``periods''.
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