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Tony Thurmond: “On behalf of Senator Grassley, I offer an amendment that clarifies that children of U.S. Customs Service agents assigned…”

On the recordJune 19, 1998
On behalf of Senator Grassley, I offer an amendment that clarifies that children of U.S. Customs Service agents assigned in Puerto Rico can attend DOD dependent school without regard to any time limits, and that if the agent is killed in the line of duty, the dependents can remain enrolled in the DOD schools during the school year in which the agent was killed, and that DOD cannot charge the Customs Service tuition for these students.
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Tony Thurmond
California

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Introducing an amendment regarding educational benefits for children of U.S. Customs Service agents.

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