Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Veteran Benefits Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2020 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Education matters Sec. 101. Expansion of eligibility for Fry Scholarship to children and spouses of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 102. Period for election to receive benefits under All-Volunteer Educational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 103. Phase out of All-Volunteer Educational Assistance Program.
Sec. 104. Requirements for in-State tuition. Sec. 105. Expansion of authority for certain qualifying work-study activities for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include outreach services provided through congressional offices. TITLE II—Burial matters Sec. 201. Transportation of deceased veterans to veterans’ cemeteries. Sec. 202. Increase in certain funeral benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 203. Outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 204. Provision of inscriptions for spouses and children on certain headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. TITLE III—Representation and financial exploitation matters Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Penalties for representing veterans as agents and attorneys without recognition by Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 303. Plan to address the financial exploitation of veterans receiving pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 304. Overpayments of pension to veterans receiving pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 305. Evaluation of additional actions for verifying direct deposit information provided by veterans on applications for veterans pension. Sec. 306. Annual report on efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs to address the financial exploitation of veterans receiving pension.
Sec. 307. Notice regarding fees charged in connection with filing an application for veterans pension. Sec. 308. Outreach plan for educating vulnerable veterans about potential financial exploitation relating to the receipt of pension. TITLE IV—Other matters Sec. 401. Eligibility of certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces for home loans from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 402. Extension of certain housing loan fees. Sec. 403. Clarification of licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals to perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 404. Medal of Honor special pension for surviving spouses. Sec. 405. Modernization of service-disabled veterans insurance. Sec. 406. Publication and acceptance of disability benefit questionnaire forms of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 407. Determination of budgetary effects.