Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-350
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, commonly referred to as the Fry Scholarship. The scholarship provides educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill to specified dependents of service members who, on or after September 11, 2001, died in the line of duty as a member of the Armed Forces or from a service-connected disability while a member of the Selected Reserve. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to include a child or spouse of a person who died on or after September 11, 2001, from a service-connected disability within 120 days of being honorably discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces.</p> <p>This expansion of eligibility applies to quarters, semesters, or terms beginning on or after August 1, 2024. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 350 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 9, 2023 Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Carper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses and children of individuals who die from a service-connected disability within 120 days of serving in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2023 . 2. Expansion of eligibility for Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (a) In general Section 3311(b)(8) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking dies in line of duty and inserting the following: “dies— (A) in line of duty ; (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) from a service-connected disability during the 120-day period beginning on the first day immediately following the last day on which the individual was discharged or released from active duty as a member of the Armed Forces or duty other than active duty as a member of the Armed Forces, but only if— (i) the person was discharged with an honorable discharge; or (ii) the person's service in the Armed Forces was characterized by the Secretary concerned as honorable. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to— (1) deaths that occur before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2024.