3.0.0 2221 2022-11-01T19:32:18Z 2022-11-01T19:32:18Z House HR 2019-04-10 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 2221.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8,Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and ArticleI, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution,which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army;to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for thegovernment and regulation of the land and naval forces; andprovide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.[Page H3257]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Reported by 2019-05-01T18:08:05Z Markup by 2019-05-01T18:07:57Z Referred to 2019-04-29T17:23:10Z hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-29T17:23:04Z Referred to 2019-04-10T13:13:00Z Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 116 1283 S 2019-05-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Veteran Benefits Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2020 116 7952 HR 2020-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-05-01 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Committee 2019-05-01 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2019-04-29 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2019-04-29 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2019-04-10 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001257 Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] Gus Bilirakis R FL M. 12 N L000593 Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] Mike Levin D CA 49 2019-04-10 True N000191 Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] Joe Neguse D CO 2 2019-11-26 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Higher education Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-04-10 Introduced in House 2020-04-21T11:34:56Z Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019

This bill expands eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, commonly referred to as the Fry Scholarship, which entitles specified dependents of an active-duty servicemember who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to the following dependents:

  • a child or surviving spouse of a servicemember who dies on or after September 11, 2001, serving in a line of duty other than active duty, and
  • a child or surviving spouse of a Selected Reserve member who dies on or after September 11, 2001, from a service-connected disability within four years after the date of the last discharge from active duty.
]]> Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 Display Title Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to children and spouses of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2221ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2221ih.xml 2019-05-01 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . 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.