[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5256]
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  SA 2993. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Cramer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part I of subtitle F of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 578. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN DECEASED 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR ENROLLMENT IN 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT 
                   ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

       Section 2164(j) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by striking 
     ``an individual described in paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
     ``a member of a foreign armed force residing on a military 
     installation in the United States (including territories, 
     commonwealths, and possessions of the United States)''; and
       (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
       ``(2)(A) The Secretary may authorize the enrollment in a 
     Department of Defense education program provided by the 
     Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of a dependent not 
     otherwise eligible for such enrollment who is the dependent 
     of a member of the armed forces who died in--
       ``(i) an international terrorist attack against the United 
     States or a foreign country friendly to the United States, as 
     determined by the Secretary;
       ``(ii) military operations while serving outside the United 
     States (including the commonwealths, territories, and 
     possessions of the United States) as part of a peacekeeping 
     force; or
       ``(iii) the line of duty in a combat-related operation, as 
     designated by the Secretary.
       ``(B)(i) Except as provided by clause (ii), enrollment of a 
     dependent described in subparagraph (A) in a Department of 
     Defense education program provided pursuant to subsection (a) 
     shall be on a tuition-free, space available basis.
       ``(ii) In the case of a dependent described in subparagraph 
     (A) residing on a military installation in the United States 
     (including territories, commonwealths, and possessions of the 
     United States), the Secretary may authorize enrollment of the 
     dependent in a Department of Defense education program 
     provided pursuant to subsection (a) on a tuition-free, space 
     required basis.''.
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