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HR 2008 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Family relationships Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Introduced: April 23, 2015 Introduced by: Foster, Bill Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in House
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Expands the definition of "children," for purposes of provisions allowing members or former members of the uniformed services who served on active duty for specified periods beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to transfer their entitlement to educational assistance, to mean an unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of a member or former member by court order for at least 12 consecutive months, (2) has not attained the age of 21, (3) has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, (4) is incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while such person was a dependent of the member or former member, (5) is dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of his or her support, (6) resides with the member or former member unless separated due to military service or institutionalization for a disability or incapacitation, and (7) is not a dependent of a member or former member under any other provision defining dependent.

What's happening now May 11, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3