I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6096 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Survivors’ 
and Dependents’ Educational Assistance program of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Ms. HERSETH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility 
for the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assist-
ance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Warriors’ 
Family Education Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SURVIVORS’ AND 
DEPENDENTS’ 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) 
EXPANSION
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—Section 
3501(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by striking the comma at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C) and inserting a semicolon; 
(4) by striking the comma at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) the spouse or child of a person who 
at the time of application by such spouse or 
child for educational assistance under this chap-
ter is a member of the Armed Forces who, as 
determined by the Secretary, has a total dis-
ability permanent in nature incurred or aggra-
vated in the active military, naval, or air serv-
ice;’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in section 3511— 
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(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Each eligible person’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Each eligible 
person, whether made eligible by one or 
more 
of 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
3501(a)(1) of this title,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an aggregate period’’; and 
(iii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3501(a)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (D) or (E) of section 3501(a)(1)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or 
3501(a)(1)(D)(i)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘3501(a)(1)(D)(i), or 3501(a)(1)(E)’’; 
(2) in section 3512— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘an eligi-
ble person (within the meaning of section 
3501(a)(1)(A) of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
eligible person whose eligibility is based on the 
death or disability of a parent’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘section 
3501(a)(1) of this title’’ the following: 
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‘‘or a person made eligible by the dis-
ability of a spouse under section 
3501(a)(1)(E)’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘or 
3501(a)(1)(D)(ii) of this title’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘3501(a)(1)(D)(ii), 
or 
3501(a)(1)(E) of this title’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at 
the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) The date on which the Secretary notifies 
the member of the Armed Forces from whom eligi-
bility is derived that the member has a total dis-
ability permanent in nature incurred or aggravated 
in the active military, naval, or air service.’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 
(D) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), or 
(E) of this title’’; 
(3) in section 3540, by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’; 
(4) in section 3563, by striking ‘‘each eligible 
person defined in section 3501(a)(1)(A) of this title’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘each eligible person 
whose eligibility is based on the death or disability 
of a parent’’; 
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