3.0.0 1935 2023-01-11T13:49:57Z 2023-01-11T13:49:57Z Senate S 2021-05-27 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-27T22:01:53Z VR&E NEED Act 117 2945 HR 2021-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS GI Bill National Emergency Extended Deadline Act 117 2167 HR 2021-05-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS GI Bill National Emergency Extended Deadline Act of 2021 117 1936 S 2021-12-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Related bill CRS 2021-05-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-05-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2021-07-20 False Armed Forces and National Security Educational facilities and institutions Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-05-27 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-07T19:37:26Z Veteran Readiness and Employment National Emergency Extended Deadline Act of 2021 or the VR&E NEED Act of 2021

This bill extends a veteran's eligibility for the Veteran Readiness and Employment program when educational institutions are temporarily or permanently closed due to an emergency situation, or there is another reason that prevents a veteran from participating.

Specifically, the period of eligibility must not run during the period the veteran is prevented from participating in the program. The period must resume on a date, determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs, that is not earlier than the first day after the veteran is able to resume participation and not later than 90 days after that day.

]]> VR&E NEED Act of 2021 Display Title VR&E NEED Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an extension of the period of eligibility under the Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation program for veterans with service-connected disabilities by reason of school closures due to emergency and other situations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced VR&E NEED Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Veteran Readiness and Employment National Emergency Extended Deadline Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1935is/xml/BILLS-117s1935is.xml 2021-05-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.