2012 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 28 - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE (§§ 1001 - 1161aa-1)
Subchapter IV - STUDENT ASSISTANCE (§§ 1070 - 1099e)
Part A - Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education (§§ 1070 - 1070h)
Subpart 10 - scholarships for veteran's dependents (§§ 1070h)
Section 1070h - Scholarships for veteran's dependents
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 28 - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE SUBCHAPTER IV - STUDENT ASSISTANCE Part A - Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education subpart 10 - scholarships for veteran's dependents Sec. 1070h - Scholarships for veteran's dependents |
Contains | section 1070h |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, §420R, as added Pub. L. 111-39, title IV, §401(a)(9), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1939. |
Statutes at Large References | 123 Stat. 1939, 1940 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-329, Public Law 111-39, Public Law 111-152 |
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The term “eligible veteran's dependent” means a dependent or an independent student—
(1) whose parent or guardian was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001; and
(2) who, at the time of the parent or guardian's death, was—
(A) less than 24 years of age; or
(B) enrolled at an institution of higher education on a part-time or full-time basis.
(b) Grants (1) In generalThe Secretary shall award a grant to each eligible veteran's dependent to assist in paying the eligible veteran's dependent's cost of attendance at an institution of higher education.
(2) DesignationGrants made under this section shall be known as “Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants”.
(c) Prevention of double benefitsNo eligible veteran's dependent may receive a grant under both this section and section 1070a of this title.
(d) Terms and conditionsThe Secretary shall award grants under this section 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 section 1070a of this title, except that—
(1) the award rules and determination of need applicable to the calculation of Federal Pell Grants, shall not apply to grants made under this section;
(2) the provisions of subsection (a)(3), subsection (b)(1), the matter following subsection (b)(2)(A)(v),1 subsection (b)(3), and subsection (f), of section 1070a of this title shall not apply; and
(3) a grant made under this section to an eligible veteran's dependent for any award year shall equal the maximum Federal Pell Grant available for that award year, except that such a grant under this section—
(A) shall not exceed the cost of attendance of the eligible veteran's dependent for that award year; and
(B) shall be adjusted to reflect the attendance by the eligible veteran's dependent on a less than full-time basis in the same manner as such adjustments are made under section 1070a of this title.
(e) Estimated financial assistanceFor purposes of determinations of need under part E, a grant awarded under this section shall not be treated as estimated financial assistance as described in sections 1087kk(3) and 1087vv(j) of this title.
(f) Authorization and appropriations of fundsThere are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Secretary to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, §420R, as added Pub. L. 111–39, title IV, §401(a)(9), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1939.)
References in TextSection 1070a(b)(2)(A) of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), as originally enacted, contained cls. (i) to (vi) followed by concluding provisions. Section 1070a(b)(2)(A) of this title was amended generally by section 2101(a)(1) of Pub. L. 111–152 and, as so amended, no longer contains either a cl. (v) or concluding provisions.
Effective DatePub. L. 111–39, title IV, §401(b), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1940, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a)(9) [enacting this subpart] shall take effect on July 1, 2010.”
1 See References in Text note below.
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