Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 117-hr-1536
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2021-03-03
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes all members of the Armed Forces&mdash;including reservists or those in the National Guard and regardless of their duty status&mdash;to claim independent student status when applying for federal financial aid. Currently, active duty service members and veterans of the Armed Forces may claim such independent student status. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1536 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2021 Mr. Reschenthaler (for himself, Mr. Ryan , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Trone ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include all members of the Armed Forces in the definition of independent student for purposes of determining the eligibility of such members for Federal financial assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act . 2. Definition of independent student Section 480(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087vv(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (I) as subparagraphs (F) through (J), respectively; and (B) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following: (D) is a veteran of the Armed Forces (as defined in subsection (c)(1)); (E) is a member of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard or Reserve) without regard to whether such individual is serving on active duty; ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (1)(I) and inserting paragraph (1)(J) .