Add 12301(h) as qualifying service o/a 11 Sep 2001 Usage o/a 1 Aug 2018

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1 FOREVER GI BILL Public Law , Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 signed 16 Aug 2017 by President Trump H.R & S (no changes to H.R. 3218) Multiple effective dates Section Effective Date Name Summary Aug Consolidation of Certain Time Spent Receiving Medical Care from Secretary of Defense as Active Duty for PGIB Add 12301(h) as qualifying service o/a 11 Sep 2001 Usage o/a 1 Aug Aug PGIB for Purple Heart Recipients Adds Purple Heart recipients as eligible for PGIB on active duty or discharge/released from active duty honorably Aug Inclusion of Fry Scholarship Recipients and Purple Heart Recipients in Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program Aug 2022 Inclusion of Certain Members on Active Duty in Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program Aug 2020 Consolidation of PGIB Payable Rate Tiers Aug 2017 PGIB Eligibility for RC Who Lost Entitlement Under Reserve Education Assistance Program (CH 1607) Aug Calculation of Monthly Housing Stipend for PGIB Based on Location of Campus Where Classes are Attended Aug Charge to Entitlement for Certain Licensure and Certification Tests and National Tests for PGIB Aug for courses and programs discontinued o/a 16 Aug 17 Effects of closure or disapproval of educational institution Allows Fry Scholarship and Purple Heart recipients to use Yellow Ribbon Allows Active Duty (pursuing more than half-time basis) to use Yellow Ribbon (awaiting VA interpretation) Eliminates 40% payable rate Redefines 50% as 90 to less than 6 months to 50% Redefines 60% as 6 months to less than 18 months Allows RC SM to convert eligibility from REAP to PGIB for unused months campus of IHL where individual physically participates in a majority of classes Applies to initial enrollment o/a 1 Aug Changes from rate of one month to pro-rate based on actual amount of fee charged for test relative to rate for 1 month National test that evaluates prior learning and knowledge and provides course credit at IHL Amends Chapter 36 Individual receiving entitlement at time of temporary or permanent closure, etc. may contact VA for determination

2 110 Deaths o/a 1 Aug 2009 TEB Unused PGIB to Dependents Upon Death of Originally Designated Dependent TEB unused months to eligible dependents upon death of originally designated dependent Usage o/a 1 Aug Aug 2019 Edith North Rogers STEM Scholarship Up to additional nine months of benefits Cannot be transferred to dependents Up to $30K yr limit for last disch or REFRAD before 1 Jan 2013 No yr limit for disch/refrad o/a 1 Jan 2013 Honoring National Service by Elimination of Time Limitation for Use of PGIB 15 year delimiting period will remain for those with a last discharge or release from active duty before 1 Jan 2013 No delimiting period for those with a last discharge or release from active duty o/a 1 Jan 2013 Fry Scholarship Children: eligibility expires 15 years after child s 18 th birthday when child first becomes entitled before 1 Jan 2013 Fry Scholarship Children: eligibility doesn t expire when child first becomes entitled o/a 1 Jan 2013 Fry Scholarship Spouse: eligibility expires 15 years after spouse becomes entitled Fry Scholarship Spouse: eligibility doesn t expire when spouse first becomes eligible o/a 1 Jan Aug Monthly Stipend for RC PGIB Monthly stipend will be pro-rated for period of such month is not performing active duty service March annually Annual Reports to Congress on VA must submit reports to Congress Student Progress Submitted by Educational Institution 115 NLT 180 days Implementati on Plan NLT 1 year Report 116 NLT 180 days after 1 Aug Improvement of IT of VBA Electronic applications as much as possible Implement rules-based processing is used to make decisions with little human intervention $30M for FY and 2019 VA High Technology Pilot Program Provides Veterans with opportunity to enroll in High Technology programs VA determines will provide training or skills sought by employers in relevant field or industry

3 Use CH 30, 32, 33, 34, or 35 of title 38 Use CH 1606 or 1607 of title 10 25% upon enrollment 25% upon completion 50% upon employment 201 o/a 30 Jun 2017 Work Study Allowance Removes expiration date of 30 Jun Aug Duration of Educational Assistance Under Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance (CH35) Oct Olin E. Teague Increase in Amounts of Education Assistance Payable under CH35 Student enrolling before 1 Aug receives no more than 45 months Student enrolling after 1 Aug receives no more than 36 months Increases amounts payable 301 FY 2019 State Approving Agency Funding Increases % payable as Social Security amount increases % payable Aug 2017 Authorizes Use of PGIB to Pursue Independent Study Programs Independent Study Programs at Contact VA for determination Certain Educational Institutions that are not Institutions of Higher Learning Aug 2017 Provision of Information on Priority Enrollment for Veterans in Certain Courses of Education Aug Limitation on Use of Reporting Fees Payable to Educational Institutions and Sponsors of Programs of Apprenticeship Allows certain student Veterans to enroll earlier than other students CH 31, 33, 34, or 35 of title Aug Training for School Certifying Officials Will require SCOs be trained in CH36 of title 10 or VA may disapprove any course of education offered by such educational institution Aug 2017 Extension of Authority for Advisory Committee on Education Replaces 31 Dec 2017 date with 31 Dec Aug 2017 NLT 180 days Report VA Provision of On Campus Educational and Vocational Counseling for Veterans Aug Provision of Information Regarding Veteran Entitlement to Educational Assistance VA will provide counseling on selected IHL campuses VA will provide amount of benefits under CH30, 32, 33 or 35 of title 10 to educational institution for which Veteran or other individual is entitled, but individual receiving entitlement may opt for VA not to provide to the educational institution

4 Aug 2017 Treatment, for Purposes of Educational Assistance Administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of Educational Courses that Begin 7 or Fewer Days after the First Day of an Academic Term Aug 2017 Inclusion of Risk-Based Surveys in State Approving Agency Oversight Activities 311 Report to VA, Senate VA Cmte, and House VA Cmte due NLT 16 Aug (w/i 1 year of act) Comptroller General Study of State Approving Agency Performance A course offered by an educational institution that does not begin on the first day of an academic term, but does begin 7 or fewer days after such day, shall be treated as beginning on such day for purposes of this section Replaces such compliance and oversight and inserts conducting riskbased surveys and other such oversight in consultation with the State approving agencies Comptroller General of US shall study performance of State approving agencies to include: 1) analysis of effectiveness of cooperation between VA and State approving agencies regarding execution of shared compliance and oversight under 38 USC Chapter 36; 2) analysis of resources necessary for State approving agencies to fulfill the responsibilities and has Congress appropriated enough funds for states to comply; 3) evaluation of use by State approving agencies of risk-based methods of review for identifying violations of standards under chapter 36; 4) examination of how State approving agencies use risk factors, including rapid increases in veteran enrollment, etc. in their oversight; and 5) recommendations on how the Secretary and State approving agencies can better use data to evaluate, etc Aug Eligibility of RC for Post 9/11 GI Bill Allows 12304a and 12304b as qualifying service o/a 30 June 2008 (enactment date of PGIB under PL ) with usage for courses o/a 1 Aug 402 No time listed, but under TITLE IV- RC Benefits as in section 401 above, so likely usage 1 Aug Jan for individuals who first use CH33 on/after 1 Jan Time Limitation for Training and Rehabilitation for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities Repeal Inapplicability of Modification of Basic Allowance for Housing to Benefits under Laws Administered by VA Allows 12304a and 12304b as qualifying service for Section 3103(f) Repeals section 604(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon NDAA FY2015 (PL ; 37 USC 403 note) for individuals who first use CH33 o/a 1 Jan

5 Aug 2017 Reconsideration of Previously Denied Claims for Disability Compensation for Veterans Who Allege Full-Body Exposure to Nitrogen Mustard Gas, Sulfur Mustard Gas, or Lewisite During WWII VA will reconsider claims for compensation under 38 USC CH11 and make a new determination for those exposed at specific sites listed or any site VA determines