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S 3450 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Educational technology and distance education Emergency medical services and trauma care Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

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…

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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.

Introduced: March 11, 2020 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Mar 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 11, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 2
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 11, 2020
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 11, 2020
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 11, 2020
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 11, 2020
 R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Mar 11, 2020
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 11, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3450/
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"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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3450/.
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S. 3450, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3450/.
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[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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3450/)
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