1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Education Access for Student Veterans Act . 2. Continuation of Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance benefits during COVID–19 emergency (a) Authority If the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines under subsection (c) that an individual is negatively affected by the COVID–19 emergency, the Secretary may provide educational assistance to that individual under the laws administered by the Secretary as if such negative effects did not occur. The authority under this section is in addition to the authority provided under section 1 of Public Law 116–128 ( 38 U.S.C. 3001 note prec.), but in no case may the Secretary provide more than a total of four weeks of additional educational assistance by reason of section 4 of the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–140 ; 38 U.S.C. 3680 note) and this section. (b) Housing and allowances In providing educational assistance to an individual pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may— (1) continue to pay a monthly housing stipend under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, during a month the individual would have been enrolled in a program of education or training but for the COVID–19 emergency at the same rate such stipend would have been payable if the individual had not been negatively affected by the COVID–19 emergency, except that the total number of weeks for which stipends may continue to be so payable may not exceed four weeks