To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.

Bill: 113-hr-1400
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2013-03-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships

Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Entitles to post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance the child of a person who, on or after September 11, 2001, dies as the result of a service-connected disability. (Under current law, such assistance is available only to the child of a person who, on or after such date, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1400 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2013 Mr. Young of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.

1. Clarification of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (a) In general Section 3311(b)(9) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking in line of duty and all that follows through the period and inserting as a result of a service-connected disability. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 1002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ; 123 Stat. 1889).