,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dahd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,ms4  
,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1  
,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,o',rourke1 ,ms4      
,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,meeks1  
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,bentivolio1   
and ,mr4 ,mc,nerney7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 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 assistance4  #a4        
,clarification of advance payment of    
initial educational assistance or       
subsistence allowance  7a7              
,clarification ,section #cfhj7;d77#b7 of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by inserting after the third    
sentence the following new sentence3    

,for purposes of the entitlement to     
educational assistance of the veteran or
 person receiving an advance payment    
under this subsection1 the advance      
payment shall be charged against the    
final month of the entitlement of the   
person or veteran and1 if necessary1 the
 penultimate such month4 ,in no event   
may any veteran or person receive more  
than one advance payment under this     
subsection during any academic year44   
7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment made 
by subsection 7a7 shall apply with      
respect to an advance payment of        
educational assistance made after the   
date that is #ij days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4