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Title V — Technical Corrections

115th Congress · Approved Sep 29, 2017 · 131 Stat. 1159

TITLE V Technical Corrections

SEC. 501. Technical Corrections to Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017.

(a)
Use of State Approving Agencies for Oversight Activities.— Section 3673(d) is amended by inserting “ compliance and” before “ risk-based surveys”.
(b)
Calculation of Monthly Housing Stipend Under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program Based on Location of Campus Where Classes Are Attended.—
(1)
In general.— Section 3313(g)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(aa) is amended by striking “ the institution at which the individual is enrolled” and inserting “ the campus of the institution of where the individual physically participates in a majority of classes”.
(2)
Effective date.— The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to enrollment for a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2018.
(3)
Additional technical correction.— Subsection (b) of section 107 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48) is amended to read as follows:

“(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to enrollment for a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2018.”

(c)
Determination of Monthly Housing Stipends During Active Duty Service.—
(1)
In general.— Subsection (j) of section 3313 is amended to read as follows:

“(j) Determination of Monthly Housing Stipends During Active Duty Service.—For any month during which an individual who is entitled to a monthly housing stipend under this section is performing active duty service, the Secretary shall determine the amount of such stipend payable to such individual for such month on a pro rata basis for the period of such month during which the individual is not performing active duty service.”

(2)
Applicability.— Such subsection, as amended by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2018.
(d)
Special Application of School Closure Rule to Recently Enrolled Individuals.— Subparagraph (B) of section 109(c)(1) of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48) is amended to read as follows:

“(B) Special application.—

“(i) In general.—With respect to courses and programs of education discontinued as described in section 3699 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), during the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, an individual described in clause (ii) who does not transfer credits from such program of education shall be deemed to be an individual who did not receive such credits, as described in subsection (b)(2) of such section, except that the period for which such individual’s entitlement is not charged shall be the entire period of the individual’s enrollment in the program of education. In carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall establish procedures to determine whether the individual transferred credits to a comparable course or program of education.

“(ii) Individual described.—An individual described in this clause is an individual who is enrolled in a course or program of education discontinued as described in clause (i) during the period beginning on the date that is 120 days before the date of such discontinuance and ending on the date of such discontinuance.”