S.Amdt. 4725

SA 4725. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. IMPROVING IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN SERVICE GRANT AND
CHILDREN OF FALLEN HEROES GRANT.

(a) Technical Amendment Relating to Iraq and Afghanistan
Service Grant and

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Children of Fallen Heroes Grant.--Part A of title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), as
amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title
VII of division FF of Public Law 116-260), is amended--
(1) in section 401--
(A) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (2)--

(I) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(II) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;

(ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``(2)(B)(i)'' and
inserting ``(2)(A)(i)'';
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and
(iv) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
``(5) Prevention of double benefits.--No eligible student
described in paragraph (2) may concurrently receive a grant
under both this subsection and subsection (b).
``(6) Terms and conditions.--The Secretary shall award
grants under this subsection in the same manner and with the
same terms and conditions, including the length of the period
of eligibility, as the Secretary awards Federal Pell Grants
under subsection (b), except that--
``(A) the award rules and determination of need applicable
to the calculation of Federal Pell Grants under subsection
(b)(1) shall not apply to grants made under this subsection;
and
``(B) the maximum period determined under subsection (d)(5)
shall be determined by including all grants made under this
section received by the eligible student and all grants so
received under subpart 10 before the effective date of this
subsection.''; and
(2) by striking section 420R (20 U.S.C. 1070h).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall take effect as if included in section 703 of the FAFSA
Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law
116-260) and subject to the effective date of section 701(b)
of such Act.
(c) Transition.--The Secretary shall take such steps as are
necessary to transition from the Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant program under subpart 10 of part A of title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070h), as in effect
on the day before the effective date of this section, and the
provision of Federal Pell Grants under section 401(c) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)), as amended
by the FAFSA Simplification Act and this Act.
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