; and (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— (A) by striking The total and inserting (A) The total ; (B) by striking for any fiscal year shall be $19,000,000 and inserting for fiscal year 2018 shall be $21,000,000 and for fiscal year 2019 and thereafter shall be $23,000,000 ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) Beginning in fiscal year 2019, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) as a result of a determination made under section 215(i) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(i) ), the Secretary shall, effective on the date of such increase in benefit amounts, increase the amount in effect under subparagraph (A), as in effect immediately prior to the date of such increase in benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act, by the same percentage as the percentage by which such benefit amounts are increased. . 302. Authorization for use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to pursue independent study programs at certain educational institutions that are not institutions of higher learning Section 3680A is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking in— and inserting in any of the following: ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking any and inserting Any ; and (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking any and inserting Any ; and (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; (D) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking any and inserting Any ; and (ii) by striking ; or and inserting a period