A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes.
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This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to provide educational assistance through December 21, 2020, for programs of education that have been converted to distance learning due to an emergency or health-related situation. Such assistance includes monthly housing stipends or subsistence allowances.
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2020 · first_quarter · Education
H.R. 4968/S. 2225, The Basic Assistance for Students In College (BASIC) Act H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136); Education, immigration, and higher education-related provisions FY 2021 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; funding for education programs U.S. Department of Education Proposed Rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Program or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Docket ID ED-2018-OCR-0064-0001) Higher Education Act Reauthorization proposals H.R. 4674, The College Affordability Act U.S. Department of Education, Agency Information Collection Instrument (ED-2019-ICCD-0154); Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, reporting requirements H.R. 6194/S. 3450, A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2020 · first_quarter · Veterans
H.R. 6194/S. 3450, A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
| Republican |
| TN |
| Patty Murray | Democratic | WA |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |