US Congress House Bill 3600 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-13-1)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-12-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act - Expands the definition of "children," for purposes of provisions allowing members or former members of the uniformed services who served on active duty for specified periods beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to transfer their entitlement to educational assistance, to mean an unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of a member or former member by court order for at least 12 consecutive months, (2) has not attained the age of 21, (3) has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, (4) is incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while such person was a dependent of the member or former member, (5) is dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of his or her support, (6) resides with the member or former member unless separated due to military service or institutionalization for a disability or incapacitation, and (7) is not a dependent of a member or former member under any other provision defining dependent.

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2013-11-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB2014 (Related) 2014-02-12 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S943)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3600/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3600/BILLS-113hr3600ih.pdf