Title: Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
This bill expands eligibility for a Department of Veterans Affairs work-study allowance to individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training on at least a half-time basis. Currently, an individual must be at least a three-quarter-time student in order to be eligible for a work-study allowance.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6376 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6376

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for a 
certain work-study allowance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to certain individuals who pursue programs of rehabilitation, 
  education, or training on at least a half-time basis, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2022

   Mrs. Axne (for herself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Dean, Ms. 
  Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Manning, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Newman, Mr. 
 Schrader, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Wild, and Mrs. 
    Hayes) 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 eligibility for a 
certain work-study allowance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to certain individuals who pursue programs of rehabilitation, 
  education, or training on at least a half-time basis, 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 ``Student Veteran Work Study 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A CERTAIN WORK-STUDY ALLOWANCE 
              PAID BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO CERTAIN 
              INDIVIDUALS WHO PURSUE PROGRAMS OF REHABILITATION, 
              EDUCATION, OR TRAINING ON AT LEAST A HALF-TIME BASIS.

    (a) Expansion.--Section 3485(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``three-quarters'' 
        and inserting ``half''; and
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``three-quarter-
        time'' and inserting ``half-time''.
    (b) Applicability Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, 
commencing on or after October 1, 2023.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATE IN WORK STUDY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report regarding veterans who participate in work 
study. Such report shall include the following elements:
            (1) The number of such veterans.
            (2) The percentage of such veterans who obtain a four-year 
        degree.
            (3) The number of such veterans who obtain full-time work 
        at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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