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Title
Keep Student Veterans in Their Homes Act of 2016
Official Title
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow veterans affected by school closures to continue receiving monthly stipends under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for a certain period, and for other purposes.
Summary
Keep Student Veterans in Their Homes Act of 2016
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances to eligible veterans and eligible persons enrolled in specified courses solely for a monthly housing stipend of up to four months following a permanent school closure.
A housing or educational assistance payment shall not be counted against the aggregate period for which such assistance may be provided or charged against the individual's entitlement to educational assistance.
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Economic OpportunityCommittee on Veterans' AffairsIntroducedSeptember 22nd, 2016
Defense