[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3373 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Gold Star Families 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SERVICE GRANT AND CHILDREN OF 
              FALLEN HEROES GRANT.

    (a) Technical Amendment Relating to Iraq and Afghanistan Service 
Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant.--Part A of title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), as amended by 
section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division FF 
of Public Law 116-260), is amended--
            (1) in section 401--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (A); 
                                and
                                    (II) by redesignating subparagraphs 
                                (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and 
                                (B), respectively;
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
                        ``(2)(B)(i)'' and inserting ``(2)(A)(i)'';
                            (iii) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
                        paragraph (7); and
                            (iv) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
                        following:
            ``(5) Prevention of double benefits.--No eligible student 
        described in paragraph (2) may concurrently receive a grant 
        under both this subsection and subsection (b).
            ``(6) Terms and conditions.--The Secretary shall award 
        grants under this subsection in the same manner and with the 
        same terms and conditions, including the length of the period 
        of eligibility, as the Secretary awards Federal Pell Grants 
        under subsection (b), except that--
                    ``(A) the award rules and determination of need 
                applicable to the calculation of Federal Pell Grants 
                under subsection (b)(1) shall not apply to grants made 
                under this subsection; and
                    ``(B) the maximum period determined under 
                subsection (d)(5) shall be determined by including all 
                grants made under this section received by the eligible 
                student and all grants so received under subpart 10 
                before the effective date of this subsection.''; and
            (2) by striking section 420R (20 U.S.C. 1070h).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification 
Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116-260) and subject to the 
effective date of section 701(b) of such Act.
    (c) Transition.--The Secretary shall take such steps as are 
necessary to transition from the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant 
program under subpart 10 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070h), as in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this section, and the provision of Federal Pell 
Grants under section 401(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(c)), as amended by the FAFSA Simplification Act and this 
Act.
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