To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the manner in which an advance payment of initial educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is charged against the entitlement of a veteran to such assistance.

Bill: 113-hr-4184
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to charge an advance payment of veterans' educational assistance against the final and, if necessary, penultimate month of the recipient's entitlement to such assistance.</p> <p>Prohibits an individual from receiving more than one advance payment of veterans' educational assistance during any academic year.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4184 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2014 Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Cook , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Honda , Mr. O’Rourke , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Meeks , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Bentivolio , and Mr. McNerney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the manner in which an advance payment of initial educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is charged against the entitlement of a veteran to such assistance.

1. Clarification of advance payment of initial educational assistance or subsistence allowance (a) Clarification Section 3680(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following new sentence: For purposes of the entitlement to educational assistance of the veteran or person receiving an advance payment under this subsection, the advance payment shall be charged against the final month of the entitlement of the person or veteran and, if necessary, the penultimate such month. In no event may any veteran or person receive more than one advance payment under this subsection during any academic year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an advance payment of educational assistance made after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.