Congress 116 - HR 6322 - Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020

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Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Educational facilities and institutions Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment and training programs Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases National Guard and reserves Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Student aid and college costs Temporary and part-time employment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation War and emergency powers

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Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020

This bill addresses education programs and assistance for veterans during the covered period from March 1-December 21, 2020.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue paying work-study allowances during emergency periods.

The VA is also authorized to continue paying educational assistance and subsistence allowances for a specified amount of time for programs of education that are suspended due to an emergency situation.

An educational assistance payment shall not be charged against an individual's entitlement to educational assistance if an individual was unable to complete a course or program due to the temporary closure of an educational institution or the temporary termination of a program by reason of an emergency situation. This includes assistance related to training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

The bill extends the time limitation for using educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill when institutions are closed due to an emergency situation or executive order. The bill also extends the time limitation for participation in a vocational rehabilitation program when such participation is prevented due to an emergency situation or executive order.

The bill authorizes the VA to pay a subsistence allowance for two additional months to a veteran following a program of employment services during the covered period for full-time training for the type of program the veteran was pursuing.

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Apr 28, 2020

Became Public Law No: 116-140.
Apr 28, 2020

Signed by President.
Apr 23, 2020

Presented to President.
Apr 22, 2020

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 21, 2020

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2187; text: CR S2187)
Apr 21, 2020

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 21, 2020

Received in the Senate under the order of 4/21/2020.
Mar 31, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 31, 2020

On passage, as amended Passed without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1869-1870)
Mar 31, 2020

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage, as amended Passed without objection.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1869-1870)
Mar 31, 2020

Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Mar 31, 2020

Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
Mar 31, 2020

Without objection, the Chair laid before the House H.R. 6322 with an amendment. The reading of the amendment was dispensed with and the amendment was agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H1868-1870)
Mar 23, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 23, 2020

Introduced in House

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