,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #faea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjaf,mr4 ,kildee introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to allow veterans        
affected by school closures to continue 
receiving monthly stipends under the    
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
,program for a certain period1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,keep ,student 
,veterans in ,their ,homes ,act of      
#bjaf4  #b4 ,continuation of certain    
monthly stipends for veterans affected  
by school closure  7a7 ,in general      
,section #cfhj7;a7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by   
striking the matter after paragraph     
7#c77;,b72  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by  
redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7 and    
7,b7 as clauses 7i7 and 7ii71           
respectively2  7#c7 by redesignating    

paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#c7 as         
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c71        
respectively2  7#d7 in the matter before
 subparagraph 7,a71 as redesignated1 in 
the first sentence1 by striking ,payment
 of and inserting 7#a7 ,except as       
provided in paragraph 7#b77;,a71 payment
 of2 and  7#e7 by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph 7#b73  7#b7 7,a7
 ,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 the   
,secretary may1 pursuant to such        
regulations as the ,secretary shall     
prescribe1 continue to pay allowances to
 eligible veterans and eligible persons 
enrolled in courses set forth in        
paragraph 7#a77;,a7--  7i7 during       
periods when schools are temporarily    
closed under an established policy based
 on an ,executive order of the          
,president or due to an emergency       
situation1 except that the total number 
of weeks for which allowances may       
continue to be so payable in any        
#ab-month period may not exceed four    
weeks2 or  7ii7 solely for the purpose  

of awarding a monthly housing stipend   
described in section #ccac of this      
title1 during periods following a       
permanent school closure1 except that   
payment of such a stipend may only be   
continued for four months after the date
 of the school closure4  7,b7 ,any      
payment of allowances under subparagraph
 7,a7 shall not-- 7i7 be counted against
 the aggregate period for which section 
#cfie of this title limits the          
individual's receipt of educational     
assistance2 or  7ii7 be charged against 
any entitlement to educational          
assistance of the individual4  4  7b7   
,conforming amendment ,paragraph        
7#a77;,c77ii7 of such section1 as       
redesignated1 is amended by striking    
described in subclause 7,a7 of this     
clause and inserting described in clause
 7ii74