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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1965 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an annual increase |
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| 6 | 6 | | in stipend for books, supplies, equipment, and other educational costs |
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| 7 | 7 | | under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of Department of Vet- |
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| 8 | 8 | | erans Affairs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH6, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. V |
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| 12 | 12 | | ASQUEZ(for himself and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an |
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| 16 | 16 | | annual increase in stipend for books, supplies, equip- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ment, and other educational costs under Post-9/11 Edu- |
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| 18 | 18 | | cational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans |
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| 19 | 19 | | Affairs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Education As-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | sistance Adjustment Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1965 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. ANNUAL INCREASE IN STIPEND FOR BOOKS, SUP-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | PLIES, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER EDU-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | CATIONAL COSTS UNDER POST-9/11 EDU-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | CATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF DE-4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | amended— 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iv)(I), by striking 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,400’’; 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i), by striking 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,400’’; and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | section: 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(m) A |
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| 42 | 42 | | NNUALINCREASE INSTIPEND FORBOOKS, 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | S |
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| 44 | 44 | | UPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, ANDOTHEREDUCATIONAL 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | C |
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| 46 | 46 | | OSTS.—With respect to fiscal year 2026 and each subse-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | quent fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the amounts 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | payable under subsections (c)(1)(B)(iv)(I), (e)(2)(B)(i), 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and (g)(3)(A)(iii), equal to the percentage by which— 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(1) the Consumer Price Index for all urban 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | consumers (U.S. city average) for the 12-month pe-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | riod ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, ex-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ceeds 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 1965 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(2) the Consumer Price Index for the 12- 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | month period preceding the 12-month period de-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Æ |
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