US Congress House Bill 2008 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-11 - 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. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2015-04-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-04-23	House	Introduced in House

SB1070 (Related) 2015-04-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2403)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2008/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2008/BILLS-114hr2008ih.pdf