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H.R. 3600: GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

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H.R. 3600: GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Plain summary

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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · 73 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), William R. Keating (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) and 13 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3600 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113