GI Bill Transfer Extension Act

GI Bill Transfer Extension Act

This bill provides that a veteran who meets the length of U.S. Armed Forces service necessary to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits to a dependent spouse, child, or both may transfer unused benefits to such persons for up to 15 years after discharge or release from the Armed Forces. (Currently, a qualified individual may only transfer such benefits during military service.)

The Department of Defense may not limit eligibility for such benefits based on a maximum number of active service years.

The bill makes these provisions retroactive to August 1, 2009.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6860 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6860

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period in which 
     members of the uniformed services may transfer entitlement to 
educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2018

Mr. Taylor (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period in which 
     members of the uniformed services may transfer entitlement to 
educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``GI Bill Transfer Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY AND PERIOD FOR TRANSFER ENTITLEMENT UNDER POST-9/11 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility.--Subsection (b) of section 3319 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Eligible Individuals.--An individual referred to in 
subsection (a) is any of the following:
            ``(1) A member of the uniformed services who, at the time 
        of the approval of the individual's request to transfer 
        entitlement to educational assistance under this section, has 
        completed at least--
                    ``(A) six years of service in the Armed Forces and 
                enters into an agreement to serve at least four more 
                years as a member of the uniformed services; or
                    ``(B) the years of service as determined in 
                regulations pursuant to subsection (j).
            ``(2) A veteran who--
                    ``(A) while serving in the Armed Forces met the 
                service conditions specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
                of paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) at the time of the approval of the 
                individual's request to transfer entitlement to 
                educational assistance under this section, has been 
                discharged or released from the Armed Forces for not 
                more than 15 years.''.
    (b) Time for Transfer.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (1) and (2), respectively; and
            (3) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Time for 
        Transfer;''.
    (c) Years of Service.--Subsection (j) of such section is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(3) Such regulations may not provide for a limitation on 
eligibility under subsection (b) based on a maximum number of years of 
service in the uniformed services.''.
    (d) Application Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any individual who is discharged or released from the 
uniformed services on or after August 1, 2009.
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