3.0.0 2253 2023-01-11T13:32:34Z 2023-01-11T13:32:34Z Senate S 2015-11-05 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-11-18T19:34:08Z Referred to 2015-11-05T21:45:26Z Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 114 3991 HR 2015-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS Veterans First Act 114 2921 S 2016-05-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467. Related bill CRS SERVICE Act 114 6062 HR 2016-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS Veterans Homeless Programs, Caregiver Services, and Other Improvements Act of 2015 114 425 S 2016-12-07 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716. Related bill CRS 2015-11-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. Committee 2015-11-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-11-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2015-11-05 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-11-05 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-11-05 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-11-05 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-11-05 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-11-05 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-11-05 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-11-05 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-11-05 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2015-11-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-11-09 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2016-09-08 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2016-09-08 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2016-09-15 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2016-09-19 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2016-09-19 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2016-09-22 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2016-09-28 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2016-09-28 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2016-11-15 False Armed Forces and National Security Educational facilities and institutions Higher education Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-11-05 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-29T16:12:10Z Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

This bill declares that, if a veteran is forced to discontinue a course as a result of an educational institution's permanent closure and did not receive credit or lost training time toward completion of the education program, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance payments shall not, for a specified period of time, be:

  • charged against the individual's entitlement to educational assistance, or
  • counted against the aggregate period for which such assistance may be provided.

The bill applies to school closures beginning with FY2015.

The VA may continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances to eligible veterans and eligible persons enrolled in specified courses for up to 4 weeks in any 12-month period when schools are temporarily closed under an established policy based on an executive order of the President or due to an emergency situation.

The VA may also continue to pay a monthly housing stipend following a permanent school closure, but only until the earlier of: (1) the date of the end of the term, quarter, or semester during which the school closure occurred; and (2) the date that is four months after the school closure.

]]> Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 Display Title Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2253is/xml/BILLS-114s2253is.xml 2015-11-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.