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]
[S. 1283 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1283

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2019

  Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and 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.--Section 3311(b) 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.
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