Title: Department of Veterans Affairs Work Study Expansion Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Veterans Affairs Work Study Expansion Act of 2019
This bill expands the list of work-study activities that qualify for payment of work-study allowances under Department of Veterans Affairs rehabilitation, training, and education programs.
Under the bill, the following activities carried out at the offices of Members of Congress qualify as work-study activities:

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2806 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2806

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand authority for certain 
   qualifying work-study activities for purposes of the educational 
 assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include 
outreach services provided through congressional offices, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2019

Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Boozman) 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 expand authority for certain 
   qualifying work-study activities for purposes of the educational 
 assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include 
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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Work 
Study Expansion Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING WORK-STUDY 
              ACTIVITIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE 
              OUTREACH SERVICES PROVIDED 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 
                nongovernmental 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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