Title: GI Bill Planning Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
GI Bill Planning Act of 2019
This bill updates the Montgomery GI Bill program. Specifically, the bill extends the period of time under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under the program. Additionally, the bill phases the program out on September 30, 2029.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4162 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4162

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period under which 
  an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance 
under the All-Volunteer Educational Assistance Program of Department of 
 Veterans Affairs, to phase out the use of such program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2019

  Mr. Bergman (for himself and Miss Rice of New York) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period under which 
  an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance 
under the All-Volunteer Educational Assistance Program of Department of 
 Veterans Affairs, to phase out the use of such program, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``GI Bill Planning Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PERIOD FOR ELECTION TO RECEIVE BENEFITS UNDER ALL-VOLUNTEER 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3011 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Any such election 
        shall be made at the time the individual initially enters on 
        active duty as a member of the Armed Forces'' and inserting 
        ``Any such election shall be made during the 90-day period 
        beginning on the day that is 180 days after the date on which 
        the individual initially enters initial training''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``that such 
        individual is entitled to such pay'' and inserting ``that begin 
        after the date that is 270 days after the date on which the 
        individual initially enters initial training''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. PHASE OUT OF ALL-VOLUNTEER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 3011 of title 38, United States 
Code, as amended by section 1, is further amended by striking ``after 
June 30, 1985'' and inserting ``during the period beginning July 1, 
1985, and ending September 30, 2029''.
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