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H.R. 3991: Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

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H.R. 3991: Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-11-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-11-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

Plain summary

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015 This bill declares that, if a veteran is forced to discontinue a course as a result of a a permanent school closure and did not receive credit or lost training time toward completion of the education program, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance payments shall not, for a specified period of time, be: charged against the individual's entitlement to educational assistance, or counted against the aggregate period for which such assistance may be provided. The bill applies to courses and programs of education discontinued beginning with FY2015. The VA may continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances to eligible veterans and eligible persons enrolled in specified courses for up to 4 weeks in any 12-month period when schools are temporarily closed under an established policy based on an executive order of the President or due to an emergency situation. The VA may also continue to pay a monthly housing stipend following a permanent school closure, but only until the earlier of: (1) the date of the end of the term, quarter, or semester during which the school closure occurred; and (2) the date that is four months after the school closure.

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Official text

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] · 45 cosponsors

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Dina Titus (D-NV), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), John Garamendi (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3991 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114