To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the manner in which an advance payment of initial educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is charged against the entitlement of a veteran to such assistance.

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to charge an advance payment of veterans' educational assistance against the final and, if necessary, penultimate month of the recipient's entitlement to such assistance.

Prohibits an individual from receiving more than one advance payment of veterans' educational assistance during any academic year.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4184 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4184

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the manner in which 
   an advance payment of initial educational assistance paid by the 
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs is charged against the entitlement of a 
                      veteran to such assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2014

Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Cook, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
 Mr. Honda, Mr. O'Rourke, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. 
Kirkpatrick, Mr. Bentivolio, and Mr. McNerney) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the manner in which 
   an advance payment of initial educational assistance paid by the 
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs is charged against the entitlement of a 
                      veteran to such assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF ADVANCE PAYMENT OF INITIAL EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE OR SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.

    (a) Clarification.--Section 3680(d)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following 
new sentence: ``For purposes of the entitlement to educational 
assistance of the veteran or person receiving an advance payment under 
this subsection, the advance payment shall be charged against the final 
month of the entitlement of the person or veteran and, if necessary, 
the penultimate such month. In no event may any veteran or person 
receive more than one advance payment under this subsection during any 
academic year.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to an advance payment of educational assistance made 
after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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