,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjah ,ms4 ,stabenow introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to enhance the payment of monthly       
housing stipends under the ,post-#i_/aa 
,veterans ,educational ,assistance      
,program1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,student ,veterans ,housing ,act4   
#b4 ,payment of monthly housing stipend 
under ,post-#i_/aa ,veterans            
,educational ,assistance ,program  7a7  
,payment of monthly ,section #ccac of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection 7k73  7k7      
,payment of monthly housing stipend ,the
 ,secretary may not withhold payment of 
a monthly housing stipend under this    
section to an individual in connection  

with pursuit of a program of education  
at an institution of higher learning    
during a school term based on a holiday 
or any other day on which the           
institution is otherwise closed during  
such term4  4  7b7 ,payment for certain 
individuals between school terms ,such  
section is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection    
7l73  7l7 ,payment of monthly housing   
stipend for certain individuals between 
school terms  7#a7 ,consecutive terms at
 same institution ,if educational       
assistance is payable under this chapter
 to an individual for pursuit of a      
program of education at an institution  
of higher learning in consecutive school
 terms1 the second of which does not    
being immediately after the first1 the  
monthly housing stipend payable to the  
individual under this section in        
connection with such assistance as of   
the end of the first term shall be      
payable to the individual during the    
period between such terms if--  7,a7 the

 institution certifies to the ,secretary
 that the individual is enrolled in the 
institution on an individual term basis2
  7,b7 the period between such terms    
does not exceed eight weeks2 and  7,c7  
the length of each such term is not less
 than the length of the period between  
such terms4  7#b7 ,consecutive terms at 
different institutions ,if an individual
 being paid educational assistance under
 this chapter for a school term at an   
institution of higher learning 7the     
preceding term7 transfers at the end of 
the preceding term to another           
institution of higher learning for      
pursuit of a qualifying program of      
education commencing in the next school 
term 7the following term71 the          
individual shall be paid the amount of  
the monthly housing stipend payable to  
the individual under this section in    
connection with such assistance for the 
preceding term during the period between
 the preceding term and the following   
term if the length of such period does  

not exceed #cj days4  4  7c7 ,rule of   
construction ,nothing in the amendments 
made by this section shall be construed 
to alter eligibility for monthly housing
 stipends under the ,post-#i_/aa        
,veterans ,educational ,assistance      
,program under chapter #cc of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other    
program of educational assistance       
carried out by the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs4  7d7 ,sense of      
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that1 in carrying out any program of    
educational assistance in addition to   
the ,post-#i_/aa ,veterans ,educational 
,assistance ,program in which a monthly 
housing stipend is payable in connection
 with receipt of such assistance under  
such program1 the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs should apply the     
requirements and limitations in         
subsections 7k7 and 7l7 of section #ccac
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code 7as
 amended by this section71 in the       
payment of such stipends1 to the extent 

applicable4