# 117-hr-7939: Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022 117-hr-7939, Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA); status became_law; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-01-05). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7939 - As of: 2026-01-05 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 117-hr-7939 - Congress: 117 - Title: Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022 - Status: became_law - Introduced: 2022-06-03 - Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 3 - Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-01-05 ## Summary **Emergency protections for veterans' education and benefits** are standardized and expanded so the VA can keep payments, extend deadlines, and adjust rules when schooling or training is disrupted. This law harmonizes emergency rules across Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, VR&E, and Selected Reserve programs and repeals overlapping COVID-era provisions. - Students and enrolled veterans: The VA can continue educational assistance and housing stipends when institutions close or shift to distance learning. Payments tied to closures can continue for up to four weeks and are not charged to a beneficiary’s entitlement. - VR&E, apprenticeships, and work-study: Veterans Readiness and Employment participants can receive two additional months of subsistence if prevented from participating by an emergency. Apprenticeship rules set a monthly training threshold and include emergency carve-outs and protections for missed hours. - Vehicles, adaptive equipment, and servicemember protections: The VA expands adaptive equipment and may provide an additional automobile or conveyance after longer intervals, including new 10-year and 30-year timing rules. The law also broadens Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protections for terminating consumer contracts during stop-movement orders and creates portability for many professional licenses for servicemembers and spouses. ## Cosponsors (3) - Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z ## Votes | Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Passed | 380 | 35 | ## Provisions PRIA read - More VA help for adapted vehicles: benefit, high. VA can now provide nonarticulating trailers to transport powered wheelchairs or scooters. VA can give an additional automobile or other conveyance if more than 30 years have passed since your last one. Starting 10 years after enactment, VA can give another conveyance if more than 10 years had passe… - Keep GI Bill payments during emergencies: benefit, medium. During an emergency, the VA keeps some education checks going. Housing stipends and chapter payments can continue for up to four weeks, and work‑study pay can continue up to a 25‑hours‑per‑week amount. Students at closed or suspended schools can get up to four weeks of payments, and VR&E employment… - Professional licenses move with military families: benefit, medium. When you move on military orders, your covered professional license counts in the new state at a similar practice level. You must show your orders, stay in good standing, and follow the new state’s rules. Your license must have been used in the last two years; law licenses are excluded, and compact… - Choose your state for spouse taxes: benefit, medium. A servicemember’s spouse does not gain or lose a tax domicile just by moving to follow orders. Each tax year, you and your spouse can elect the servicemember’s residence, the spouse’s residence, or the servicemember’s permanent duty station for taxes. - More VA help to start a business: benefit, medium. The VA can pay needed license fees and buy essential equipment, supplies, and starter stock to help you begin self‑employment under VR&E. The VA will set rules and cost limits. Veterans with the most severe service‑connected disabilities who need homebound training or self‑employment get priority. - End phone, internet, gym contracts after orders: benefit, low. If you get a stop‑movement order for an emergency, you, your spouse, or a dependent who moves with you can cancel certain consumer contracts. Covered contracts include phone, internet, cable, gym, and home security services signed before the orders. The order must be from Defense or Homeland Securi… - VA pension rule extended to 2031: benefit, low. The law moves a VA pension payment rule date from October 30, 2028 to November 30, 2031. This keeps that protection in place through November 30, 2031. - GI Bill added for sole survivors: benefit, low. You can qualify for Post‑9/11 GI Bill benefits if you began service on or after September 11, 2001, served at least 30 continuous days, and were discharged for sole survivorship. This eligibility starts on enactment and helps a small group of veterans. - Simpler VA school approvals and study abroad: mixed, medium. The VA now uses one standard form to approve new courses starting October 1, 2023. Schools must have a top official attest to legal compliance, disclose major actions in the past five years, and non‑Title IV schools must show they are licensed and financially stable; state approving agencies check… ## Related bills - 117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation… - 117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - 117-hres-1451: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2022 - 117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Build… - 117-hr-3577: United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act - 117-hr-3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act ## Sources - [117-hr-7939 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7939) ## Related - [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142) - [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842) - [117-hres-1451: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1451) - [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577) - [117-hr-3577: United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3577) - [117-hr-3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3630) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7939 (as of 2026-01-05).