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        S.1095

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by 
 public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the 
    in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' 
         Educational Assistance Program, 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 ``Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition 
Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISAPPROVAL OF COURSES OFFERED 
BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT DO NOT CHARGE VETERANS 
THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
    (a) In General.--Section 3679(c) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or 33'' and inserting ``33, 
    or 35'';
        (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new 
    subparagraph:
        ``(D) An individual who is entitled to assistance under section 
    3510 of this title.''; and
        (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and 33'' and inserting 
    ``33, and 35''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 3679(e) of such title is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 33'' and 
        inserting ``, 33, or 35''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or 33'' and 
        inserting ``33, or 35''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or 33'' and inserting ``33, 
    or 35''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to an academic period that begins on or after August 1, 2022.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.