Sgt. Wolf Kyle Weninger Veterans Education Fairness Act of 2022

Sgt. Wolf Kyle Weninger Veterans Education Fairness Act of 2022

This bill provides eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance for individuals, including officers, who are discharged or released from active duty with a sole survivorship discharge following at least 30 continuous days on qualifying active duty after September 10, 2001.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7746 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7746

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility 
  for educational assistance under the Department of Veterans Affairs 
  Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of certain individuals who 
     receive sole survivorship discharges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2022

 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Bost, and Ms. Slotkin) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility 
  for educational assistance under the Department of Veterans Affairs 
  Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of certain individuals who 
     receive sole survivorship discharges, 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 ``Sgt. Wolf Kyle Weninger Veterans 
Education Fairness Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
              OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE SOLE SURVIVORSHIP 
              DISCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b)(2) of section 3311 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``who'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii);
            (3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesignated, the 
        following new subparagraph (A):
                    ``(A) who--'';
            (4) in clause (ii), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting 
                ``clause (i)''; and
                    (B) by striking the period and inserting ``or by 
                reason of a sole survivorship discharge (as that term 
                is defined in section 1174(i) of title 10); or''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph 
        (B):
                    ``(B) who--
                            ``(i) commencing on or after September 11, 
                        2001, completes at least 30 continuous days of 
                        service described in subsection (d) (1) or (2); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) after completion of service 
                        described in clause (i), is discharged or 
                        released by reason of a sole survivorship 
                        discharge (as that term is defined in section 
                        1174(i) of title 10).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (d) of such section is 
amended by striking ``The following'' and inserting ``Except as 
provided in subsection (b)(2)(B), the following''.
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