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.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
 Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses 
and children of individuals who die from a service-connected disability 
within 120 days of serving in the Armed Forces, 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 ``Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT JOHN DAVID 
              FRY SCHOLARSHIP.

    (a) In General.--Section 3311(b)(8) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``dies in line of duty'' and inserting the 
        following: ``dies--
                    ``(A) in line of duty'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) from a service-connected disability during 
                the 120-day period beginning on the first day 
                immediately following the last day on which the 
                individual was discharged or released from active duty 
                as a member of the Armed Forces or duty other than 
                active duty as a member of the Armed Forces, but only 
                if--
                            ``(i) the person was discharged with an 
                        honorable discharge; or
                            ``(ii) the person's service in the Armed 
                        Forces was characterized by the Secretary 
                        concerned as honorable.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to--
            (1) deaths that occur before, on, or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing 
        on or after August 1, 2023.
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Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses and children of individuals who die from a service-connected disability within 120 days of serving in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021
Sen. Lankford, James