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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3575
To amend title 38, United States Code, to restore entitlement to rehabilitation
programs for veterans affected by school closures or disapprovals, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 24, 2020
Mr. BLUMENTHAL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to restore entitlement
to rehabilitation programs for veterans affected by school
closures or disapprovals, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Veterans
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Education Relief Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO REHABILITA-
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TION PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AFFECTED
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BY SCHOOL CLOSURE OR DISAPPROVAL.
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(a) ENTITLEMENT.—Section 3699 of title 38, United
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States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘chapter 30,’’ each
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time it appears and inserting ‘‘chapter 30, 31,’’.
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(b) PAYMENT OF SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES.—Sec-
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tion 3680(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘or a subsistence allowance de-
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scribed in section 3108’’ before ‘‘, during’’; and
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or allowance’’ after ‘‘such a
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stipend’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply as if included in the enactment
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of section 109 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Edu-
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cational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48; 131
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Stat. 978).
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