Gold Star Family Education Parity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2720 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2720

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the termination 
  of a certain educational assistance program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2025

   Mr. Kennedy of New York 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 provide for the termination 
  of a certain educational assistance program, 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 ``Gold Star Family Education Parity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance.--Chapter 35 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subchapter:

                     ``SUBCHAPTER VIII--TERMINATION

``Sec. 3571. Termination of authority
    ``(a) In General.--The authority to provide educational assistance 
under this chapter shall terminate on August 1, 2029.
    ``(b) Eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.--An 
individual who is no longer eligible for educational assistance under 
this chapter pursuant to subsection (a) shall be entitled to 
educational assistance under chapter 33 of this title in the same 
manner as if the individual had elected to receive educational 
assistance under section 3327 of this title, notwithstanding the 
restrictions on crediting service under section 3322(h)(1) of this 
title, but subject to the limitations under section 3327(d)(2) of this 
title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

                      ``subchapter viii-termination

``3571. Termination of authority.''.
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