Title: GI Bill National Emergency Extended Deadline Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
GI Bill National Emergency Extended Deadline Act
This bill extends the time limitation for using educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill when educational institutions are temporarily or permanently closed due to an emergency situation or another reason that prevents an individual from pursuing their chosen program of education.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2167 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2167

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for extensions of the 
 time limitations for use of entitlement under Department of Veterans 
 Affairs educational assistance programs by reason of school closures 
     due to emergency and other situations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2021

    Ms. Sherrill (for herself and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) 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 provide for extensions of the 
 time limitations for use of entitlement under Department of Veterans 
 Affairs educational assistance programs by reason of school closures 
     due to emergency and other situations, 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 ``GI Bill National Emergency Extended 
Deadline Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ENTITLEMENT UNDER 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAMS BY REASON OF SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO EMERGENCY 
              AND OTHER SITUATIONS.

    (a) Montgomery GI Bill.--Section 3031 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and subsection (i)'' 
        after ``through (g)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) In the case of an individual eligible for educational 
assistance under this chapter who is prevented from pursuing the 
individual's chosen program of education before the expiration of the 
10-year period for the use of entitlement under this chapter otherwise 
applicable under this section because of a covered reason, as 
determined by the Secretary, such 10-year period--
            ``(A) shall not run during the period the individual is so 
        prevented from pursuing such program; and
            ``(B) shall again begin running on a date determined by the 
        Secretary that is--
                    ``(i) not earlier than the first day after the 
                individual is able to resume pursuit of a program of 
                education with educational assistance under this 
                chapter; and
                    ``(ii) not later than 90 days after that day.
    ``(2) In this subsection, a covered reason is--
            ``(A) the temporary or permanent closure of an educational 
        institution by reason of an emergency situation; or
            ``(B) another reason that prevents the individual from 
        pursuing the individual's chosen program of education, as 
        determined by the Secretary.''.
    (b) Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.--Section 3321(b)(1) of such 
title is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Subsections'';
            (2) by striking ``and (d)'' and inserting ``(d), and (i)''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) Subsection (i) of section 3031 of this title shall 
        apply with respect to the running of the 15-year period 
        described in paragraphs (4)(A) and (5)(A) of this subsection in 
        the same manner as such subsection applies under section 3031 
        with respect to the running of the 10-year period described in 
        section 3031(a).''.
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