,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #e  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the  
,,united ,,states  ,december #d1 #bjah  
,mr4 ,gardner 7for himself and ,mr4     
,jones7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs to pay individuals   
who are owed educational assistance     
under the ,post-#i_/aa ,educational     
,assistance program the amounts of      
educational assistance that they are    
entitled to by law1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fix ,immediately   
,outstanding ,underpayments for ,student
 ,veterans ,act of #bjah or the ,fix    
,i,o,us for ,student ,veterans ,act of  
#bjah4  #b4 ,payment of amounts owed    
under ,post-#i_/aa ,educational         
,assistance program  7a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall ensure that on or before the date 
that is #fj days after the date of the  

enactment of this ,act1 each individual 
who received a monthly stipend under    
section #ccac of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 during the period        
beginning on ,august #a1 #bjah1 and     
ending on ,december #ca1 #bjah1 in an   
amount that was less than the amount to 
which the individual was entitled under 
such section is provided an amount that 
is equal to the difference between--    
7#a7 the amount of monthly stipend to   
which the individual is entitled under  
such section2 and  7#b7 the amount of   
monthly stipend the individual received 
under such section4  7b7 ,establishment 
of commission ,the ,secretary shall     
establish a commission on the correction
 of payments of monthly stipend under   
such section that were deficient as a   
result of difficulties encountered by   
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs in
 carrying out such section after the    
enactment of sections #ajg and #eja of  
the ,harry ,w4 ,colmery ,veterans       
,educational ,assistance ,act of #bjag  

7,public ,law #aae-dh2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4    
#ccac note and #cg ,u4,s4,c4 #djc note74
  7c7 ,audits ,the commission           
established under subsection 7b7 shall  
audit each payment of monthly stipend   
made under such section during the      
period beginning on ,august #a1 #bjah1  
and ending on ,december #ca1 #bjah1 to  
determine whether the amount of the     
payment was deficient with respect to   
the amounts of monthly stipend that were
 required pursuant to section #ccac of  
such title as in effect at the time4    
7d7 ,hiring authority ,the ,secretary   
may hire such personnel as the          
,secretary considers appropriate to     
carry out this section4  7e7 ,treatment 
of overpayments ,an overpayment of      
monthly stipend under section #ccac of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 that  
occurred during the period beginning on 
,august #a1 #bjah1 and ending on        
,december #ca1 #bjah1 and that occurred 
as a result of difficulties described in
 subsection 7b7 shall be treated as if  

the ,secretary had made a determination 
under section #ecjb7;a7 of such title   
that recovery would be against equity   
and good conscience4  7f7 ,authorization
 of appropriations ,there is authorized 
to be appropriated to the ,secretary    
such sums as may be necessary to carry  
out this section4