,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bf1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,durbin introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice1   
considered1 read the third time1 and    
passed  ,a ,,bill  ,to restore          
entitlement to educational assistance   
under ,veterans ,rapid ,retraining      
,program in cases of a closure of an    
educational institution or a disapproval
 of a program of education1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,veterans      
,rapid ,retraining ,assistance ,program 
,restoration and ,recovery ,act of      
#bjbb4  #b4 ,restoration of entitlement 
under ,veterans ,rapid ,retraining      
,assistance ,program  7a7 ,in general   
,section #hjjf of the ,american ,rescue 
,plan ,act of #bjba 7,public ,law       
#aag-b71 as amended by the ,training in 
,high-demand ,roles to ,improve ,veteran
 ,employment ,act 7,public ,law         
#aag-af71 is further amended-- 7#a7 by  

redesignating subsection 7n7 as         
subsection 7o72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7m71 the following new 
subsection 7n73  7n7 ,effects of closure
 of an educational institution or       
disapproval of a program of education   
7#a7 ,in general ,any payment of        
retraining assistance under subsection  
7d77#a7 shall not be charged against any
 entitlement to retraining assistance   
described in subsection 7a7 if the      
,secretary determines that an individual
 was unable to complete a course or     
program of education as a result of --  
7,a7 the closure of an educational      
institution2 or  7,b7 the disapproval of
 a program of education by the ,state   
approving agency or the ,secretary when 
acting in the role of the ,state        
approving agency4  7#b7 ,period not     
charged ,the period for which1 by reason
 of this subsection1 retraining         
assistance is not charged shall be equal
 to the full amount of retraining       
assistance provided for enrollment in   

the program of education4  7#c7 ,halt of
 payments to certain educational        
institutions ,in the event of a closure 
or disapproval1 as described in         
paragraph 7#a71 the educational         
institution shall not receive any       
further payments under subsection 7d74  
7#d7 ,recovery of funds ,in the event of
 a closure or disapproval1 as described 
in paragraph 7#a71 any payment already  
made under subsection 7d7 to the        
educational institution shall be        
considered an overpayment and constitute
 a liability of such institution to the 
,united ,states4  4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendment ,in subsection 7b77#c7 of such
 section1 strike the period and insert 1
 except for an individual described in  
subsection 7n744  7c7 ,effective date   
,the amendments made by this section    
shall apply as if included in the       
,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of #bjba   
7,public ,law #aag-b74