United States S 3373: Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022

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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION S. 3373
To improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and the Children of
Fallen Heroes Grant.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. TESTER, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and
the Children of Fallen Heroes Grant.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Gold 4
Star Families Education Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. IMPROVING IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SERVICE 6
GRANT AND CHILDREN OF FALLEN HEROES 7
GRANT. 8
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO IRAQ 9
AND AFGHANISTAN SERVICE GRANT AND CHILDREN OF 10
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•S 3373 IS
FALLEN HEROES GRANT.—Part A of title IV of the High-1
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), as 2
amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act 3
(title VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260), is 4
amended— 5
(1) in section 401— 6
(A) in subsection (c)— 7
(i) in paragraph (2)— 8
(I) by striking subparagraph (A); 9
and 10
(II) by redesignating subpara-11
graphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 12
(A) and (B), respectively; 13
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 14
‘‘(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’; 15
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 16
paragraph (7); and 17
(iv) by inserting after paragraph (4) 18
the following: 19
‘‘(5) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No 20
eligible student described in paragraph (2) may con-21
currently receive a grant under both this subsection 22
and subsection (b). 23
‘‘(6) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary 24
shall award grants under this subsection in the same 25
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manner and with the same terms and conditions, in-1
cluding the length of the period of eligibility, as the 2
Secretary awards Federal Pell Grants under sub-3
section (b), except that— 4
‘‘(A) the award rules and determination of 5
need applicable to the calculation of Federal 6
Pell Grants under subsection (b)(1) shall not 7
apply to grants made under this subsection; and 8
‘‘(B) the maximum period determined 9
under subsection (d)(5) shall be determined by 10
including all grants made under this section re-11
ceived by the eligible student and all grants so 12
received under subpart 10 before the effective 13
date of this subsection.’’; and 14
(2) by striking section 420R (20 U.S.C. 15
1070h). 16
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 17
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 18
703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division 19
FF of Public Law 116–260) and subject to the effective 20
date of section 701(b) of such Act. 21
(c) TRANSITION.—The Secretary shall take such 22
steps as are necessary to transition from the Iraq and Af-23
ghanistan Service Grant program under subpart 10 of 24
part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 25
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•S 3373 IS
(20 U.S.C. 1070h), as in effect on the day before the effec-1
tive date of this section, and the provision of Federal Pell 2
Grants under section 401(c) of the Higher Education Act 3
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)), as amended by the FAFSA 4
Simplification Act and this Act. 5
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