,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bi1     
#bjag ,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4        
,heller1 ,mr4 ,young1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4
 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mrs4            
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,reed1  
,ms4 ,warren1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend section #ccab of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to restore 
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
and other relief for veterans affected  
by school closures1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,veterans ,education
 ,relief and ,reinstatement ,act of     
#bjag4  #b4 ,restoration of entitlement 
to ,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance
 and other relief for veterans affected 
by school closure  7a7 ,educational     
assistance  7#a7 ,in general ,section   

#ccab of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new subsection3  7d7      
,discontinuation of education due to    
school closure  7#a7 ,in general ,any   
payment of educational assistance       
described in paragraph 7#b7 shall not-- 
7,a7 be charged against any entitlement 
to educational assistance of the        
individual concerned under this chapter2
 or  7,b7 be counted against the        
aggregate period for which section #cfie
 of this title limits the individual's  
receipt of educational assistance under 
this chapter4  7#b7 ,description of     
payment of educational assistance       
,subject to paragraph 7#c71 the payment 
of educational assistance described in  
this paragraph is the payment of such   
assistance to an individual for pursuit 
of a course or courses under this       
chapter if the ,secretary finds that the
 individual--  7,a7 was forced to       
discontinue such course pursuit as a    
result of a permanent school closure2   

and  7,b7 did not receive credit1 could 
not transfer credits1 or lost training  
time1 toward completion of the program  
of education being pursued at the time  
of such closure4  7#c7 ,period for which
 payment not charged ,the period for    
which1 by reason of this subsection1    
educational assistance is not charged   
against entitlement or counted toward   
the applicable aggregate period under   
section #cfie of this title shall not   
exceed the aggregate of--  7,a7 the     
portion of the period of enrollment in  
the course or courses from which the    
individual failed to receive credit or  
could not transfer credits1 or with     
respect to which the individual lost    
training time1 as determined under      
paragraph 7#b77;,b72 and  7,b7 the      
period by which monthly stipend is      
extended under section                  
#cfhj7;a77#b77;,b7 of this title4  4    
7#b7 ,applicability ,subsection 7d7 of  
such section1 as added by paragraph     
7#a71 shall apply with respect to       

courses and programs of education       
discontinued as described in            
subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b7 of paragraph  
7#b7 of such subsection in fiscal year  
#bjae or any fiscal year thereafter4    
7b7 ,monthly housing stipend  7#a7 ,in  
general ,section #cfhj7;a7 of such title
 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#b71  
payment of2 and  7,e7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph 7#b73   
7#b7 ,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--  7,a7 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  7,b7 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 until the earlier of--  7i7   
the date of the end of the term1        
quarter1 or semester during which the   
school closure occurred2 and  7ii7 the  
date that is four months after the date 
of the school closure4  4  7#b7         
,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
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