US Congress Senate Bill 2661 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

ACES Act of 2016 Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors Act of 2016 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 2016 Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors Act of 2016

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB2531 (Related) 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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/senate-bill/2661/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2661/BILLS-114s2661is.pdf