Sec. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS
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## SEC. 2 FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ###
(a)Findings Congress finds the following: ####
(1)On August 16, 2017, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-48) (known by some as the “Forever GI Bill”) was enacted into law. ####
(2)Such Act makes certain improvements to the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program for veterans, including improvements relating to how the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the amount of payments for monthly housing stipends under that program. ####
(3)Section 107 of such Act (Public Law 115-48; 33 U.S.C. 3313 note) requires the Secretary to calculate the amount of payments for monthly housing stipends based on the location of the campus of the institution of higher learning where the individual attends classes, a change from the previous direction to make such calculation based on the location of the institution of higher learning. ####
(4)Section 501 of such Act (Public Law 115-48; 37 U.S.C. 403 note) repeals the inapplicability of a modification of the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services to benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. ####
(5)The amendments made by section 107 and 501 of such Act became effective on August 1, 2018, and January 1, 2018, respectively. ####
(6)Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs have stated that the Department will not be able to determine proper payment amounts based on the amendment made by section 107 of such Act until December 1, 2019. ####
(7)Representatives of the Department have also stated that outdated information technology systems have stymied efforts to update necessary information that enable proper housing payments as required by the provisions of law amended by sections 107 and 501 of such Act. ###
(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)as soon as possible, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should end the making of improper payment amounts for monthly stipends under section 3313 of title 38, United States Code; ####
(2)by January 1, 2020, the Secretary should make whole the individuals entitled to payments of monthly stipends under section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, who have been underpaid as a result of the difficulties encountered by the Department of Veterans Affairs in carrying out such section after the enactment of sections 107 and 501 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-48); and ####
(3)no individuals entitled to payments of monthly stipend under section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, who have been overpaid as a result of the difficulties encountered by the Department in carrying out such section after the enactment of sections 107 and 501 of such Act should have overpayments recuperated by the Department.
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- 33 USC 3313
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