BREAK PAY for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-2230
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2019-04-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Break Relief for Every Academic Kind of Period in an Academic Year for Veterans Act or the BREAK PAY for Veterans Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue paying educational assistance or subsistence allowances during periods between school terms in certain circumstances. Specifically, the bill authorizes the payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances during periods between school terms where the educational institution certifies the enrollment of the eligible veteran or eligible person if (1) the period between those terms does not exceed eight weeks, and (2) the terms preceding and immediately following such a break period are not shorter in length than the period itself.</p> <p>The bill also specifies that such payments of educational assistance allowances shall not (1) be charged against an individual's entitlement to educational assistance, or (2) be counted toward certain limitations that are placed on the period of assistance that is allowed under two or more programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2230 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2019 Mr. Cisneros introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to certain individuals during school term, quarter, or semester breaks, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Break Relief for Every Academic Kind of Period in an Academic Year for Veterans Act or the BREAK PAY for Veterans Act . 2. Payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances to certain individuals during semester breaks Section 3680(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking disapproval. and inserting disapproval; or ; (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) during periods between school terms, quarters, or semesters where the educational institution certifies the enrollment of the eligible veteran or eligible person on an individual term basis if— (i) the period between those terms, quarters, or semesters does not exceed eight weeks; and (ii) both terms, quarters, or semesters immediately preceding and immediately following the period are not shorter in length than the period. ; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 35 of this title, any payment of an educational assistance allowance described in paragraph (2)(C) of this subsection shall not— (A) be charged against the entitlement of any individual under this chapter; or (B) be counted toward the aggregate period for which section 3695 of this title limits the receipt of assistance of an individual. .