I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1214 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and enhance educational 
assistance for survivors and dependents of veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2007 
Mr. RAMSTAD (for himself and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and en-
hance educational assistance for survivors and depend-
ents of veterans. 
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Survivors 
Education Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS AND DEPEND-
ENTS OF VETERANS. 
(a) TERMINATION OF DURATIONAL LIMITATION ON 
USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) TERMINATION
OF
LIMITATION
AND
RE-
STATEMENT OF CONTINUING REQUIREMENTS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 3511 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter or chapter 36 of this title, any payment of edu-
cational assistance described in paragraph (2) shall not 
be charged against the entitlement of any individual under 
this chapter. 
‘‘(2) The payment of educational assistance referred 
to in paragraph (1) is the payment of such assistance to 
an individual for pursuit of a course or courses under this 
chapter if the Secretary finds that the individual— 
‘‘(A) had to discontinue such course pursuit as 
a result of being ordered to serve on active duty 
under section 688, 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 
12302, or 12304 of title 10; and 
‘‘(B) failed to receive credit or training time to-
ward completion of the individual’s approved edu-
cational, professional, or vocational objective as a re-
sult of having to discontinue, as described in sub-
paragraph (A), the course pursuit.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(A) 
The 
heading of section 3511 of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 3511. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INTERRUPTIONS IN 
PURSUIT OF PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION.’’. 
(B) Section 3532(g) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
(C) Section 3541 of such title is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3541. SPECIAL RESTORATIVE TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary may, at the request of an eligible 
person— 
‘‘(1) determine whether such person is in need 
of special restorative training; and 
‘‘(2) if such need is found to exist, prescribe a 
course which is suitable to accomplish the purposes 
of this chapter. 
‘‘(b) A course of special restorative training under 
subsection (a) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, con-
tain elements that would contribute toward an ultimate 
objective of a program of education.’’. 
(D) Section 3695(a)(4) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘35,’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF DELIMITING AGE OF ELIGIBILITY 
FOR DEPENDENTS.—Section 3512(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘twenty-sixth birth-
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