; and (iv) provides comprehensive academic and tutoring services for veteran students, including peer-to-peer tutoring and academic mentorship. (i) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017 and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years. . (b) Continuation of awards An institution of higher education that received a grant under section 873 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1161t ) before the date of enactment of this Act, as such section 873 ( 20 U.S.C. 1161t ) was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to receive funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of such grant. 7. Modification of basis for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (a) In general Section 16131(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking equal to and all that follows and inserting the following: “not less than the percentage by which— (A) the average cost of undergraduate tuition in the United States, as determined by the National Center for Education Statistics, for the last academic year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds (B) the average cost of undergraduate tuition in the United States, as so determined, for the academic year preceding the academic year described in subparagraph (A). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2017, and shall apply to adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve that are made for fiscal years beginning on or after that date. 8. Monthly stipend for certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces (a) In general Section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Determination of monthly stipends during certain active duty service (1) Pro rata basis In any month in which an