,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,cisneros introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to pay 
educational assistance or subsistence   
allowances to certain individuals during
 school term1 quarter1 or semester      
breaks1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,break ,relief for ,every ,academic 
,kind of ,period in an ,academic ,year  
for ,veterans ,act or the ,,break ,,pay 
for ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,payment of    
educational assistance or subsistence   
allowances to certain individuals during
 semester breaks ,section #cfhj7;a77#b7 
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by
 striking 2 or and inserting a          
semicolon2  7#b7 in subparagraph        

7,b77ii71 by striking disapproval4 and  
inserting disapproval2 or2  7#c7 by     
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,c7 during periods      
between school terms1 quarters1 or      
semesters where the educational         
institution certifies the enrollment of 
the eligible veteran or eligible person 
on an individual term basis if--  7i7   
the period between those terms1         
quarters1 or semesters does not exceed  
eight weeks2 and  7ii7 both terms1      
quarters1 or semesters immediately      
preceding and immediately following the 
period are not shorter in length than   
the period4  2 and  7#d7 by adding at   
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#c7 ,notwithstanding any other         
provision of this chapter or chapter #ce
 of this title1 any payment of an       
educational assistance allowance        
described in paragraph 7#b77;,c7 of this
 subsection shall not--  7,a7 be charged
 against the entitlement of any         
individual under this chapter2 or  7,b7 

be counted toward the aggregate period  
for which section #cfie of this title   
limits the receipt of assistance of an  
individual4  4