3.0.0 1852 2019-02-20T23:20:49Z 2019-02-23T22:35:21Z Senate S S 2011-11-10 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2012-06-13T19:16:40Z Referred to 2011-11-10T21:31:07Z 2012-06-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-567. Committee 2011-11-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-11-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-11-10 True Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-11-10 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-27T15:57:07Z Spouses of Heroes Education Act - Entitles to post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance the spouse (under current law, only the child) of a person who, on or after September 11, 2001, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces. Terminates such spouse's entitlement on the earlier of: (1) 15 years after the date on which the member died, and (2) the date of the spouse's remarriage.

Requires an individual entitled to such assistance and also to veterans' educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to elect a single coverage.

]]> Spouses of Heroes Education Act Short Titles as Introduced Spouses of Heroes Education Act Display Title Spouses of Heroes Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-11-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1852is/xml/BILLS-112s1852is.xml 2012-06-13 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-567. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.