I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3514 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the authority of veterans 
to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to dependents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the au-
thority of veterans to transfer entitlement to Post-9/ 
11 Educational Assistance to dependents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post-9/11 Educational 
Assistance Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF VETERANS TO 
TRANSFER ENTITLEMENT TO POST-9/11 EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENTS. 
(a) TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘or a former member described in para-
graph (3), as the case may be,’’ after ‘‘services’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘with respect to a member 
of the uniformed services,’’ before ‘‘six years’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘with respect to a member 
of the uniformed services,’’ before ‘‘the years’’; 
and 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) with respect to a former member who is 
entitled to retired pay by reason of service in the 
uniformed services (or would be so entitled but for 
the fact that the member has not attained a certain 
age), the years of service as determined in regula-
tions pursuant to subsection (j).’’. 
(b) TIME FOR TRANSFER.—Subsection (f)(1) of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) TIME FOR TRANSFER.— 
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‘‘(A) MEMBERS.—Subject to the time limi-
tation for use of entitlement under section 
3321, an individual described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of subsection (b) who is approved to 
transfer entitlement to educational assistance 
under this section may transfer such entitle-
ment only while serving as a member of the 
Armed Forces when the transfer is executed. 
‘‘(B) FORMER MEMBERS.—Subject to the 
time limitation for use of entitlement under sec-
tion 3321, an individual described in subsection 
(b)(3) who is approved to transfer entitlement 
to educational assistance under this section may 
transfer such entitlement only during the five- 
year period beginning on the date of the last 
discharge or release of the individual from the 
uniformed services.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect as if included in the enactment 
of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 
2008 (title V of Public Law 110–252). 
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