To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for housing stipends and supply fee payments under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for individuals affected by extended school closures due to natural disasters.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
Actions Overview
10/04/2017
Introduced in House
10/04/2017 Introduced in House
All Actions (6)
Date
All Actions
04/11/2018
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Action By: House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
04/11/2018
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Action By: House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
03/20/2018
Committee Hearings Held. Action By: Committee on Veterans' Affairs
10/04/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Action By: Committee on Veterans' Affairs
10/04/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Action By: House of Representatives
10/04/2017
Introduced in House Action By: House of Representatives
04/11/2018 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
04/11/2018 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
03/20/2018 Committee Hearings Held.
10/04/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
10/04/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
Committee / Subcommittee
Date
Activity
Reports
House Veterans' Affairs
10/04/2017
Referred to
03/20/2018
Hearings by
House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
10/04/2017
Referred to
04/11/2018
Markup by
04/11/2018
Reported by
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This bill increases Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Post-9/11 educational assistance for veterans pursuing a course of education at an institute of higher education that is closed for at least four weeks because of natural disasters and who pursue such course, or an alternative course, solely by distance learning.
The duration of monthly stipends is extended from four months to the shorter of four months or the period necessary to complete the quarter, semester, term, or academic period during the institute's closure. Such stipend is increased from 50% to the full amount that a veteran would be entitled to if pursuing such course of at an institution of higher education.
An additional lump sum is made available for books and other educational costs made necessary by such distance learning.
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Shown Here: Introduced in House (10/04/2017)
Veterans Education Disaster Assistance Act
This bill increases Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Post-9/11 educational assistance for veterans pursuing a course of education at an institute of higher education that is closed for at least four weeks because of natural disasters and who pursue such course, or an alternative course, solely by distance learning.
The duration of monthly stipends is extended from four months to the shorter of four months or the period necessary to complete the quarter, semester, term, or academic period during the institute's closure. Such stipend is increased from 50% to the full amount that a veteran would be entitled to if pursuing such course of at an institution of higher education.
An additional lump sum is made available for books and other educational costs made necessary by such distance learning.