,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjac,ms4 ,titus introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to expand the ,marine    
,gunnery ,sergeant ,john ,david ,fry    
scholarship to include spouses of       
members of the ,armed ,forces who die in
 the line of duty1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,spouses of ,heroes 
,education ,act4  #b4 ,expansion of     
,marine ,gunnery ,sergeant ,john ,david 
,fry scholarship  7a7 ,expansion of     
entitlement ,subsection 7b77#i7 of      
section #ccaa of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
or spouse after child4  7b7 ,limitation 
and election on certain benefits        
,subsection 7f7 of such section is      
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#b7 as paragraph 7#d72  7#b7 

by inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the   
following new paragraphs3  7#b7         
,limitation ,the entitlement of an      
individual to assistance under          
subsection 7a7 pursuant to paragraph    
7#i7 of subsection 7b7 because the      
individual was a spouse of a person     
described in such paragraph shall expire
 on the earlier of-- 7,a7 the date that 
is #ae years after the date on which the
 person died2 and  7,b7 the date on     
which the individual remarries4  7#c7   
,election on receipt of certain benefits
 ,a surviving spouse entitled to        
assistance under subsection 7a7 pursuant
 to paragraph 7#i7 of subsection 7b7 who
 is also entitled to educational        
assistance under chapter #ce of this    
title may not receive assistance under  
both this section and such chapter1 but 
shall make an irrevocable election 7in  
such form and manner as the ,secretary  
may prescribe7 under which section or   
chapter to receive educational          
assistance4  2 and  7#c7 in paragraph   

7#d71 as redesignated by paragraph 7#a71
 by striking that paragraph and         
inserting paragraph 7#i7 of subsection  
7b74  7c7 ,conforming amendment ,section
 #ccba7;b77#d7 of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by striking an
 individual and inserting a child4  7d7 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the   
date that is #ij days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4