[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1536 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1536

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include all members of the 
Armed Forces in the definition of ``independent student'' for purposes 
 of determining the eligibility of such members for Federal financial 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2021

Mr. Reschenthaler (for himself, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
and Mr. Trone) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include all members of the 
Armed Forces in the definition of ``independent student'' for purposes 
 of determining the eligibility of such members for Federal financial 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Improving College Affordability for 
our Guard and Reserve Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT STUDENT.

    Section 480(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (I) 
                as subparagraphs (F) through (J), respectively; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(D) is a veteran of the Armed Forces (as defined 
                in subsection (c)(1));
                    ``(E) is a member of the Armed Forces (including 
                the National Guard or Reserve) without regard to 
                whether such individual is serving on active duty;''; 
                and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (1)(I)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (1)(J)''.
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