[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 6096 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6096

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
   Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2006

   Mr. Buyer (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Boozman, and Ms. Herseth) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
   Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Warriors' Family Education 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Section 3501(a)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (A) 
        and inserting a semicolon;
            (2) by striking the comma at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by striking ``, or'' at the end of subparagraph (C) and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (4) by striking the comma at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) the spouse or child of a person who at the 
                time of application by such spouse or child for 
                educational assistance under this chapter is a member 
                of the Armed Forces who, as determined by the 
                Secretary, has a total disability permanent in nature 
                incurred or aggravated in the active military, naval, 
                or air service;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such title is further amended--
            (1) in section 3511--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Each eligible person'' 
                        and inserting the following: ``Each eligible 
                        person, whether made eligible by one or more of 
                        the provisions of section 3501(a)(1) of this 
                        title,'';
                            (ii) by striking ``a period'' and inserting 
                        ``an aggregate period''; and
                            (iii) by striking the second sentence;
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``section 
                3501(a)(1)(D)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (D) or (E) 
                of section 3501(a)(1)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c), by striking ``or 
                3501(a)(1)(D)(i)'' and inserting ``3501(a)(1)(D)(i), or 
                3501(a)(1)(E)'';
            (2) in section 3512--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``an eligible 
                person (within the meaning of section 3501(a)(1)(A) of 
                this title)'' and inserting ``an eligible person whose 
                eligibility is based on the death or disability of a 
                parent''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                                    (I) by inserting after ``section 
                                3501(a)(1) of this title'' the 
                                following: ``or a person made eligible 
                                by the disability of a spouse under 
                                section 3501(a)(1)(E)''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``or 
                                3501(a)(1)(D)(ii) of this title'' and 
                                inserting ``3501(a)(1)(D)(ii), or 
                                3501(a)(1)(E) of this title'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at the 
                        end the following new clause:
            ``(iii) The date on which the Secretary notifies the member 
        of the Armed Forces from whom eligibility is derived that the 
        member has a total disability permanent in nature incurred or 
        aggravated in the active military, naval, or air service.''; 
        and
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or 
                        (D) of this title'' and inserting ``(D), or (E) 
                        of this title'';
            (3) in section 3540, by striking ``and (D)'' and inserting 
        ``(D), and (E)'';
            (4) in section 3563, by striking ``each eligible person 
        defined in section 3501(a)(1)(A) of this title'' and inserting 
        the following: ``each eligible person whose eligibility is 
        based on the death or disability of a parent'';
            (5) in section 3686(a)(1), by striking ``or (D)'' and 
        inserting ``(D), or (E)''; and
            (6) in section 5113(b)(3)(B), by striking ``or (D)'' and 
        inserting ``(D), or (E)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to a payment of educational assistance for a course of 
education pursued after such date.
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