US Congress House Bill 2531 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

ACES Act of 2015 Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors Act of 2015 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to deem any member of the Armed Forces who died between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2005, to have died on January 1, 2006, in order to make that member's surviving spouse eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship. (Surviving spouses of service members who die in the line of duty after September 11, 2001, are eligible for such assistance until the earlier of the date they remarry or the date that is 15 years after the military spouse's death.) A surviving spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who died between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2005, who elected before enactment of this Act to receive educational benefits under the Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance program or the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Frye program may revoke such choice. (Such an election is currently irrevocable.)

ACES Act of 2015 Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors Act of 2015

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2015-05-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-05-21	House	Introduced in House

SB2661 (Related) 2016-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB3016 (Related) 2016-02-10 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB2921 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2531/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2531/BILLS-114hr2531ih.pdf