To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time period for eligibility under Survivors' And Dependents' Educational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 117-hr-2327
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill eliminates the 10-year time limit on the availability of the Department of Veterans Affairs Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program for certain spouses who become eligible for such benefit on or after August 1, 2022. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2327 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2021 Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time period for eligibility under Survivors' And Dependents' Educational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Time period for eligibility under Survivors' And Dependents' Educational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs Section 3512(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking or (D) and inserting (D), or (E) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), an eligible person referred to in that subparagraph who is made eligible on or after August 1, 2022, may be afforded educational assistance under this chapter at any time after such date. .