Title: Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education provided by public institutions of higher learning if such institutions charge a higher rate for tuition and fees than in-state tuition for individuals who are entitled to educational assistance under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1095 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1095

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by 
public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the 
   in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' 
        Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 2021

 Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Tester) 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 provide for the disapproval 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by 
public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the 
   in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' 
        Educational Assistance Program, 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 ``Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition 
Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISAPPROVAL OF COURSES OFFERED 
              BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT DO NOT 
              CHARGE VETERANS THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF 
              SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 3679(c) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or 33'' and inserting 
        ``33, or 35'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following 
        new subparagraph:
            ``(D) An individual who is entitled to assistance under 
        section 3510 of this title.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and 33'' and inserting 
        ``33, and 35''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 3679(e) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 33'' and 
                inserting ``, 33, or 35''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or 33'' and 
                inserting ``33, or 35''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or 33'' and inserting 
        ``33, or 35''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to an academic period that begins on or after August 1, 2022.
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