TREATMENT OF PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES UNDER STUDENT VETERAN CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT.

SEC. 1108. TREATMENT OF PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES UNDER STUDENT VETERAN CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT. Section 4 of the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-140) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “may not exceed four weeks.” and inserting “may not exceed the shorter of the following:”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(1) The period of time that the eligible veteran or eligible person would have been enrolled in a program of education or training but for the emergency situation. “(2) Four weeks.” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Entitlement Not Charged.—Any payment of allowances under this section shall not— “(1) be charged against any entitlement to educational assistance of the eligible veteran or eligible person concerned; or “(2) be counted against the aggregate period for which section 3695 of this title 38, United States Code, limits the receipt of educational assistance by such eligible veteran or eligible person.” .