MOVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-6112
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2021-12-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>More Opportunities for Veterans Education Act or the MOVE Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends the delimiting period (the period after which no benefits may be paid) for the use of educational assistance benefits for certain individuals who first used benefits under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6112 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 2021 Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Mr. Barr ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To extend the delimiting period for certain individuals to use educational assistance benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the More Opportunities for Veterans Education Act or the MOVE Act . 2. Extension of delimiting period for educational assistance benefits for certain individuals who first used Veteran Readiness and Employment benefits (a) Extension Notwithstanding section 3031 or 3321 of title 38, United States Code, or any other applicable provision of law establishing a delimiting period, the delimiting period for the restored entitlement of a covered individual shall be the period, beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, that equals the sum of— (1) the number of months of restored entitlement; and (2) 12 months. (b) Application Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a covered individual whose delimiting period for the restored entitlement of the individual was, as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, to expire on or after April 1, 2021. (c) Notification Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify covered individuals of the extension of delimiting periods made under subsection (a). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered individual means an individual— (A) who received restored entitlement; and (B) for whom the delimiting period to use such restored entitlement, as of the date on which the entitlement was restored, was fewer months than the sum of— (i) the amount of months of the restored entitlement; and (ii) 12 months. (2) The term restored entitlement means the entitlement of an individual to educational assistance under a provision of law referred to in subsection (a) of section 3695 of title 38, United States Code, that was increased by reason of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determining on or about April 1, 2021, that an individual may use assistance under chapter 31 of such title before using educational assistance under such a provision of law without being subject to the 48-month limitation under such section 3695.