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On the recordDecember 21, 2022
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7939) to make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of education by reason of emergency situations, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the Senate amendment is as follows: Senate amendment: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Educational assistance benefits during emergency situations. Sec. 3. Extension of time limitations for use of entitlement. Sec. 4. Extension of payment of vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances. Sec. 5. Payment of work-study allowances during emergency situations. Sec. 6. Payment of allowances to veterans enrolled in educational institutions closed for emergency situations. Sec. 7. Apprenticeship or on-job training requirements. Sec. 8. Prohibition of charge to entitlement of students unable to pursue a program of education due to an emergency situation. Sec. 9. Department of Veterans Affairs approval of certain study-abroad programs. Sec. 10.…
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Mark Takano
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