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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2720 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the termination of |
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| 6 | 6 | | a certain educational assistance program, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | ENNEDYof New York introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the |
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| 14 | 14 | | termination of a certain educational assistance program, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Star Family Edu-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | cation Parity Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN EDU-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | CATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) S |
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| 24 | 24 | | URVIVORS’ ANDDEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | A |
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| 26 | 26 | | SSISTANCE.—Chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2720 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | chapter: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VIII—TERMINATION 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘§ 3571. Termination of authority 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—The authority to provide edu-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cational assistance under this chapter shall terminate on 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | August 1, 2029. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(b) E |
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| 39 | 39 | | LIGIBILITY FORPOST-9/11 EDUCATIONALAS-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SISTANCE.—An individual who is no longer eligible for 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | educational assistance under this chapter pursuant to sub-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section (a) shall be entitled to educational assistance 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | under chapter 33 of this title in the same manner as if 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the individual had elected to receive educational assistance 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | under section 3327 of this title, notwithstanding the re-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | strictions on crediting service under section 3322(h)(1) of 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | this title, but subject to the limitations under section 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3327(d)(2) of this title.’’. 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) C |
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| 50 | 50 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | at the end the following: 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VIII–TERMINATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘3571. Termination of authority.’’. |
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