US Congress Senate Bill 3575 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assistance entitlements and subsistence allowances. Under the bill, an assistance payment for training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities shall not be charged against an individual's entitlement to such assistance if an individual was unable to complete a course or program due to the closure of an educational institution or disapproval of the course. The bill also authorizes the VA to continue to pay subsistence allowances for a specified amount of time during periods following the permanent closure of an institution or the disapproval of a course of study.

Disabled Veterans Education Relief Act of 2020

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB6262 (Related) 2020-07-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
HB6322 (Related) 2020-04-28 - Became Public Law No: 116-140. (TXT | PDF)
HB6379 (Related) 2020-03-23 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3575/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3575/BILLS-116s3575is.pdf