Title: Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019
This bill expands eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, commonly referred to as the Fry Scholarship, which entitles specified dependents of an active-duty servicemember who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to the following dependents:

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2221 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2221

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
  Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to children and 
spouses of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Mr. Levin of California) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
  Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to children and 
spouses of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FRY SCHOLARSHIP TO CHILDREN AND 
              SPOUSES OF CERTAIN DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3311 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (12); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new 
        paragraphs (10) and (11):
            ``(10) An individual who is the child or spouse of a person 
        who, on or after September 11, 2001, dies in line of duty while 
        serving on duty other than active duty as a member of the Armed 
        Forces.
            ``(11) An individual who is the child or spouse of a member 
        of the Selected Reserve who dies on or after September 11, 
        2001--
                    ``(A) from a service-connected disability; and
                    ``(B) not later than four years after the date of 
                the last discharge or release of that member from 
                active duty or active duty for training.''.
    (b) Applicability Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
apply with respect to a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, 
commencing on or after August 1, 2020.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking 
        ``paragraph (9)'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (9), (10), and (11)''.
            (2) Section 3322 of such title is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (e), by striking both ``sections 
                3311(b)(9) and 3319'' and inserting ``section 3319 and 
                paragraph (9), (10), or (11) of section 3311 of this 
                title'';
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``section 
                3311(b)(9)'' and inserting ``paragraph (9), (10), or 
                (11) of section 3311 of this title''; and
                    (C) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``either 
                section 3311(b)(9) or chapter 35'' and inserting 
                ``either chapter 35 or paragraph (9), (10), or (11) of 
                section 3311''.
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