One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America
1st Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one
S. 1095
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021
.
Department of Veterans Affairs disapproval of courses offered by public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program
In general
Section 3679(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking or 33
and inserting 33, or 35
;
in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
An individual who is entitled to assistance under section 3510 of this title.
; and
in paragraph (6), by striking and 33
and inserting 33, and 35
.
Conforming amendments
Section 3679(e) of such title is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking or 33
and inserting , 33, or 35
; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking or 33
and inserting 33, or 35
; and
in paragraph (2), by striking or 33
and inserting 33, or 35
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to an academic period that begins on or after August 1, 2022.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate