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‘ Subpart10— S chol ar s h i ps f or Ve tera n’ s D epen d ents ‘ ‘ SEC.420R .SC HOLA RSH IP S F OR V E T ERA N’ S D EPENDENTS. ‘‘(a) D EFIN I T I O NOFE L I G I B LE V ETE RA N’ S DE P EN D ENT. —T he term ‘eligible v eteran’s dependent’ means a dependent or an independent student— ‘‘(1) whose parent or guardian was a member of the Armed F orces of the United States and died as a result of performing military service in I ra q 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) G RANTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The 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) DESIGNATION.—Grants made under this section shall be known as ‘Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants’. ‘‘(c) PRE V ENTION OF DO U BLE BENEFITS.— N o eligible veteran’s dependent may receive a grant under both this section and section 401. ‘‘(d) TER M S AND CONDITIONS.—The 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 401, e x cept 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), subsection (b)(3), and subsection (f), of section 401 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 ad j usted 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 401. ‘‘(e) ESTIMATED FINAN C IAL ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of deter- minations of need under part F, a grant awarded under this section 20USC1 0 7 0 hnote.
