I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5273 
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 
JULY 30, 2014 
Mr. BARBER 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 Veterans 
Education Fairness Act’’. 
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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 to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS.—An individual re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is an individual who, at the 
time of the approval of the individual’s request to transfer 
entitlement to educational assistance under this section, 
meets any of the following: 
‘‘(1) With respect to a member of the uni-
formed services, 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 uni-
formed services; or 
‘‘(B) the years of service as determined in 
regulations pursuant to subsection (j). 
‘‘(2) 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), is entitled to educational assistance under this 
chapter by reason of paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
3311(b) of this title. 
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‘‘(3) With respect to a former member of a re-
serve component, is entitled to educational assist-
ance under this chapter by reason of paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 3311(b) of this title.’’. 
(b) TIME FOR TRANSFER.—Subsection (f)(1) of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) TIME FOR TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(A) MEMBERS.—Subject to the time limi-
tation for use of entitlement under section 
3321, an individual described in subsection 
(b)(1) who is approved to transfer entitlement 
to educational assistance under this section may 
transfer such entitlement only while serving as 
a member of the Armed Forces when the trans-
fer is executed. 
‘‘(B) FORMER MEMBERS.—Subject to the 
time limitation for use of entitlement under sec-
tion 3321, an individual described in paragraph 
(2) or (3) of subsection (b) who is approved to 
transfer entitlement to educational assistance 
under this section may transfer such entitle-
ment only during the 15-year period beginning 
on the date of the last discharge or release of 
the individual from the uniformed services.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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