Title: Strengthening Disaster Assistance for Student Veterans Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Strengthening Disaster Assistance for Student Veterans Act of 2019
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances during periods when educational institutions are temporarily closed due to an emergency situation or executive order. Under the bill, the VA may only continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances for up to eight weeks (currently four weeks) after the date of the temporary closure of the educational institution.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2811 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2811

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2019

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Disaster Assistance 
for Student Veterans Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. 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) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking the 
        em dash 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 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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