,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aidf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjai ,ms4 ,stabenow 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,roberts7 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 ,act of #bjai4  #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 pay a monthly housing   
stipend under this section to an        

individual in connection with the       
pursuit of a program of education at an 
educational institution during a period 
in which the institution is closed      
during a school term in which the       
individual is pursuing the program of   
education4  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 the pursuit of a  
program of education at an educational  
institution in consecutive school terms1
 the second of which does not begin     
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 may 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 the  
pursuit of a qualifying program of      
education commencing in the next school 
term 7the following term71 the          
individual may 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  7#c7 ,no charge   
against entitlement ,a monthly housing  
stipend paid to an individual under this
 subsection shall not be charged against
 the entitlement of the individual to   
educational assistance under this       
chapter4  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