Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021
Summary
Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021 This bill expands eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, commonly referred to as the Fry Scholarship, which entitles specified dependents of service members who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to include a child or spouse of a person who dies on or after September 11, 2001, from a service-connected disability within 120 days of being honorably discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces. This expansion of eligibility applies to quarters, semesters, or terms beginning on or after August 1, 2023.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 13, 2021
Last action Apr 28, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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