Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill includes within authorized Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) work-study activities in connection with VA rehabilitation, education, or training programs the following activities carried out at offices of Members of Congress: (1) the distribution of information to members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their dependents concerning benefits and services; and (2) the preparation of documents used to file veterans benefits claims.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5866 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5866

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are 
pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study 
allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional 
                    offices, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2018

 Mr. DeFazio 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 authorize individuals who are 
pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study 
allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional 
                    offices, 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. EXPANSION OF WORK-STUDY ALLOWANCE TO INCLUDE CERTAIN 
              OUTREACH SERVICES CONDUCTED THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL 
              OFFICES.

    Section 3485(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(K) The following activities carried out at the offices 
        of Members of Congress for such Members:
                    ``(i) The distribution of information to members of 
                the Armed Forces, veterans, and their dependents about 
                the benefits and services under laws administered by 
                the Secretary and other appropriate governmental and 
                non-governmental programs.
                    ``(ii) The preparation and processing of papers and 
                other documents, including documents to assist in the 
                preparation and presentation of claims for benefits 
                under laws administered by the Secretary.''.
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