,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cibe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #i1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,brown7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to protect the entitlement of  
individuals to ,post-#i_/aa ,educational
 ,assistance who discontinue pursuit of 
a program of education during the       
national emergency relating to the      
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,protection of           
entitlement to ,post-#i_/aa ,educational
 ,assistance during ,,covid-#ai pandemic
  7a7 ,in general ,any payment of       
educational assistance described in     
subsection 7b7 shall not-- 7#a7 be      
charged against any entitlement to      
educational assistance of the individual
 under chapter #cc of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 including entitlement to
 benefits under section #ccbj of such   

title2 or  7#b7 be counted against the  
aggregate period for which section #cfie
 of such title limits the receipt of    
educational assistance by such          
individual4  7b7 ,educational assistance
 described ,subject to subsection 7d71  
the payment of educational assistance   
described in this subsection is the     
payment of such assistance to an        
individual for pursuit of a course or   
courses under such chapter if the       
individual-- 7#a7 discontinued such     
course pursuit for any reason during the
 ,,covid-#ai pandemic period described  
in subsection 7c72 and  7#b7 failed to  
receive credit or lost training time    
toward completion of the program of     
education being so pursued4  7c7        
,,covid-#ai pandemic period described   
,the ,,covid-#ai pandemic period        
described in this subsection is the     
period beginning on the date of the     
commencement of the national emergency  
declared by the ,president under the    
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        

,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 with respect to
 the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai        
7,,covid-#ai7 and ending on the date    
that is the earlier of-- 7#a7 the date  
on which the ,president revokes such    
declaration2 and  7#b7 the date on which
 such national emergency expires4  7d7  
,period not charged ,the period for     
which1 by reason of this section1       
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 did not receive credit or    
with respect to which the individual    
lost training time1 as determined under 
subsection 7b77#b72 and  7#b7 the period
 by which a monthly stipend is extended 
under subsection 7e74  7e7 ,continued   
payment of subsistence allowance        
,notwithstanding section #cfhj7;a77#a7  
of such title1 the ,secretary may1      

pursuant to such regulations as the     
,secretary shall prescribe1 continue to 
pay allowances to eligible persons      
enrolled in courses described in        
subsection 7b7 solely for the purpose of
 awarding a monthly housing stipend     
described in section #ccac of such title
 or section #aaf7;d7 of ,harry ,w4      
,colmery ,veterans ,educational         
,assistance ,act of #bjag 7,public ,law 
#aae-dh2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #cjja note71     
during periods following the            
discontinuation of a course or courses  
pursuit described in subsection 7b77#a71
 except that payment of such stipend may
 only continue until the earlier of--   
7#a7 the date of the end of the term1   
quarter1 or semester during which the   
discontinuation occurred2 and  7#b7 the 
date that is #bh days after the date of 
the discontinuation4  7f7 ,additional   
relief  7#a7 ,tutorial assistance ,any  
amount received under section #ccad of  
such title for tutorial assistance under
 such section that was discontinued     

during the ,,covid-#ai pandemic period  
described in subsection 7c7 because of  
the national emergency described in such
 subsection shall not count toward the  
aggregate amount under subsection 7c7 of
 such section4  7#b7 ,assistance for    
relocation or travel ,any amount        
received under section #ccah of such    
title if the amount was paid during--   
7,a7 the academic term of a course that 
was discontinued as described in        
subsection 7b77#a72  7,b7 the #cj-;day  
period immediately preceding such       
academic term2 or  7,c7 the #cj-;day    
period immediately following such       
academic term4  7#c7 ,tests ,educational
 assistance received under section #ccae
 or #ccae;,a of such title for a test   
that the ,secretary finds could not be  
taken because of the national emergency 
described in subsection 7c7 shall not be
 charged against entitlement under      
section #ccae7;c7 or section #ccae;,a7c7
 of such title1 respectively4  7g7      
,waiver of certain regulation ,section  

#ba4gjbj7;b77#ai77;ii7 of title #ch1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 as in   
effect on the day before the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 shall not apply
 to any discontinuation or withdrawal   
described in this section4