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This bill, the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022, makes permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of education due to emergency situations. Key provisions include: - Authorizing the Secretary to continue providing educational assistance, housing stipends, and payments or subsistence allowances to individuals negatively affected by an emergency situation that causes their educational program to be truncated, delayed, relocated, canceled, or otherwise modified. - Prohibiting the period of educational assistance provided during an emergency situation from being counted against an individual's total entitlement or the aggregate period for which they can receive assistance. - Extending the time limitations for using educational assistance benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill when an individual is prevented from pursuing their program due to an educational institution closure or emergency situation. - Allowing the Secretary to continue paying work-study allowances and vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances during emergency situations even if the individual is unable to complete the required work or training. - Prohibiting any period of unemployment or reduction in training hours due to an emergency situation from being charged against an individual's entitlement or counted toward the aggregate limit on educational assistance. - Requiring the use of a uniform application for the Department of Veterans Affairs' approval of new courses of education.

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