Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

This bill establishes a scholarship-for-service program for students who served at least two years in the military, an emergency medical service, or a police force, or as a teacher's assistant or firefighter, and who submit a certification of such service prior to enrolling as an undergraduate in an institution of higher education (IHE). An eligible undergraduate student may receive a grant in the amount equal to the cost of attendance at the IHE in which the student enrolls for two academic years.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8043 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8043

  To establish a scholarship program for certain individuals who have 
   completed at least 2 years of service in the military, emergency 
     medical service, police force, or as a teacher's assistant or 
                  firefighter, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 14, 2020

 Mr. Johnson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a scholarship program for certain individuals who have 
   completed at least 2 years of service in the military, emergency 
     medical service, police force, or as a teacher's assistant or 
                  firefighter, 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 ``Scholarship for Service: The 
Building Better Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE IN THE MILITARY, POLICE FORCE, OR AS A 
              FIREFIGHTER.

    Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

             ``Subpart 11--Scholarship for Service Program

``SEC. 420S. SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE IN THE MILITARY, EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
              SERVICE, POLICE FORCE, OR AS A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT OR 
              FIREFIGHTER.

    ``(a) Definition of Eligible Student.--In this subpart, the term 
`eligible student' means a student who prior to enrolling as an 
undergraduate in an institution of higher education--
            ``(1) served at least 2 years in the military, emergency 
        medical service, police force, or as a teacher's assistant or 
        firefighter; and
            ``(2) submits to the Secretary a certification of the 
        service described in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--At the election of the eligible student 
        under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award a grant to such 
        eligible student in the amount equal to the cost of attendance 
        at the institution of higher education in which such eligible 
        student enrolls.
            ``(2) Option of eligible student.--An eligible student may 
        elect to receive a grant under paragraph (1) for any 2 academic 
        years in which such student is an undergraduate.''.
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