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Text - H.R.5545 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): REMOTE Act
Text for H.R.5545 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): REMOTE Act
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Summarization Below:
On December 21, 2021, President Biden signed the “Responsible Education Mitigating Options and Technical Extensions Act” or the “REMOTE Act” into law.
This law extends the various COVID-19 protections for GI Bill students from December 21, 2021, to June 1, 2022. In part, this means that students who were attending a course that was converted to online training because of COVID-19, and were getting paid the resident rate, may continue to train online, and will continue to receive the resident housing rate until June 1, 2022.
Additionally, the law provides the following:
- Authorizes “rounding out” which allows students to enroll in additional classes in order to be more than half-time, and get monthly housing allowance (MHA) payments, during the student’s final semester, term or academic period.
- Extends all other COVID protections included in the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (PL 116-315) from December 21, 2021, to June 1, 2022
At this time, there is nothing you need to do. VA will notify your schools and training facilities of this update. To learn more, visit our website and read the COVID-19 Student FAQs.
Please note: While VA updates its systems to reflect this update you may receive a letter with the previous expiration date of December 21, 2021, please disregard.
If you have questions about this change or your GI Bill benefits, please contact the Education Call Center (ECC) at 888-442-4551. The ECC is open Monday through Friday, from 7am to 6pm CT; it is closed on all federal holidays.