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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5522 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the eligibility requirements 

for transfer of unused entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2019 

Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. KINZINGER, and 

Mr. CROW) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the eligibility requirements for transfer of unused entitlement 

to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post-9/11 GI Bill 

5 Transferability Entitlement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 

2 FOR TRANSFER OF UNUSED ENTITLEMENT 

3 TO POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 

4 (a) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE5 MENTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 

7 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to 

8 read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual re10 ferred to in subsection (a) is an individual who, at the 

11 time of the approval of the individual’s request to transfer 

12 entitlement to educational assistance under this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) has completed at least 10 years of service 

14 in the uniformed services, not fewer than six of 

15 which were service in the Armed Forces; 

16 ‘‘(2) is a member of the uniformed services 

17 who— 

18 ‘‘(A) is not an individual described in para19 graph (1); 

20 ‘‘(B) has served at least six years in the 

21 Armed Forces; and 

22 ‘‘(C) enters into an agreement to serve as 

23 a member of the uniformed services for a period 

24 that is no less than the difference between— 

25 ‘‘(i) 10 years; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the period the individual has al2 ready served in the uniformed services; or 

3 ‘‘(3) is described in section 3311(b)(10).’’. 

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 

5 is amended— 

6 (A) in subsection (a)— 

7 (i) by striking paragraph (2); and 

8 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 

9 ‘‘(1)’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘under 

11 subsection (b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub12 section (b)(2)(C)’’; and 

13 (C) in subsection (j)(2)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

15 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

16 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

17 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

18 (C) as subparagraph (B). 

19 (b) MODIFICATION OF TIME TO TRANSFER.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of subsection 

21 (f) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(1) TIME FOR TRANSFER.—Subject to the 

23 time limitation for use of entitlement under section 

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1 tlement to educational assistance under this section 

2 may transfer such entitlement at any time.’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 

4 is further amended— 

5 (A) by amending subsection (g) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(g) COMMENCEMENT OF USE.—If a dependent to 

8 whom entitlement to educational assistance is transferred 

9 under this section is a child, the dependent may not com10 mence the use of the transferred entitlement until either— 

11 ‘‘(1) the completion by the child of the require12 ments of a secondary school diploma (or equivalency 

13 certificate); or 

14 ‘‘(2) the attainment by the child of 18 years of 

15 age.’’; 

16 (B) by striking subsection (k); and 

17 (C) by redesignating subsection (l) as sub18 section (k). 

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