SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Individuals who are entitled to educational 
assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assist-
ance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
who require remedial and deficiency courses exhaust 
their entitlement before completing a program of 
education with such assistance. 
(2) Members of the Armed Forces who are enti-
tled to educational assistance under such program 
and who do not have dependents while serving as 
members of the Armed Forces are not able to trans-
fer their entitlement to such assistance when they 
come to have dependents. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN DURATION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
POST-9/11 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM FOR COMPLETION OF REME-
DIAL AND DEFICIENCY COURSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3312 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) INCREASE FOR PURSUIT OF REMEDIAL AND DE-
FICIENCY COURSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 
who is eligible under paragraph (2), the number of 
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months of educational assistance under section 3313 
of this title to which the individual is entitled under 
this section is increased by the lesser of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) 15 months. 
‘‘(B) The number of months required to 
complete the remedial and deficiency courses 
necessary to complete the program of education 
the individual is pursuing on a full-time basis, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, an eligible individual is an individual who— 
‘‘(A) was entitled to educational assistance 
under section 3311 of this title but has used all 
of such individual’s entitlement; 
‘‘(B) during the 180-day period preceding 
the date of the determination of eligibility 
under this subsection, used any of such entitle-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) is pursuing the completion of a pro-
gram of education at an institution of higher 
learning and— 
‘‘(i) has completed, or attempted to 
complete, a remedial or deficiency course 
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necessary to complete such program of 
education; and 
‘‘(ii) requires more than the standard 
120 semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours 
for completion of such program of edu-
cation. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘institution of higher learn-
ing’ has the meaning given such term in section 
3452 of this title. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘remedial or deficiency 
course’ means a course offered by an institution 
of higher learning that is designed to overcome 
a deficiency.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 38, United 
States Code, is further amended— 
(1) in section 3312(a), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and 
(d)’’; and 
(2) in section 3695, by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of 
an individual who is entitled to additional months of edu-
cational assistance under section 3312(d) of this title, the 
aggregate period for which such individual may receive as-
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sistance under two or more of the provisions of law re-
ferred to in such subsection may not exceed the sum of— 
‘‘(1) 48 months (or the part-time equivalent 
thereof), and 
‘‘(2) the number of months of entitlement re-
ceived by such individual under section 3312(d) of 
this title.’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN TRANSFER OF ENTI-
TLEMENT 
TO 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and indenting such subparagraphs appro-
priately; 
(B) in the matter before subparagraph 
(A), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (2): 
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‘‘(2) TIMING OF DESIGNATION.—An individual 
who does not have an eligible dependent may elect 
to transfer a portion of the individual’s entitlement 
to an unspecified future dependent. In the case of 
such an election, the individual shall make the des-
ignations required by paragraph (1) when the indi-
vidual comes to have an eligible dependent to whom 
the individual would like to transfer entitlement 
under this section.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (1)(A), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, including 
by designating a new dependent or dependents 
to whom to transfer the individual’s entitle-
ment’’ before the period. 
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