S 3503
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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13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2020
Became Public Law No: 116-128.
Mar 21, 2020
Signed by President.
Mar 20, 2020
Presented to President.
Mar 19, 2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 19, 2020
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1710)
Mar 19, 2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Mar 19, 2020
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1709-1710)
Mar 19, 2020
Mr. Raskin asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Mar 19, 2020
Received in the House.
Mar 17, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 16, 2020
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1762; text: CR S1762)
Mar 16, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Mar 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
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
Became Public Law No: 116-128.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
4 versions
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- Engrossed in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Enrolled Bill Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Public Law Formatted Text PDF United States Legislative Markup
Cosponsors
24
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Lankford, James
D
Bennet, Michael F.
R
Blackburn, Marsha
D
Blumenthal, Richard
R
Boozman, John
R
Cassidy, Bill
R
Collins, Susan M.
R
Cornyn, John
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
R
Cramer, Kevin
R
Daines, Steve
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
McSally, Martha
D
Murray, Patty
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Rosen, Jacky
R
Rounds, Mike
R
Sullivan, Dan
R
Tillis, Thomas
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Wyden, Ron
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3503: 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-3503/
"S. 3503: 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-3503/.
S. 3503, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3503/.
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