Title: Col. James Floyd Turner IV U.S.M.C. GI Bill Transfer Act of 2021
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Col. James Floyd Turner IV U.S.M.C. GI Bill Transfer Act of 2021
This bill provides procedures for the transfer of a Post-GI Bill educational assistance entitlement in situations where an eligible individual dies after the approval of the transfer but before the entire entitlement is transferred. Specifically, the remaining entitlement must be transferred evenly between the designated transferees.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5151 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5151

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the transfer of 
   entitlement to educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational 
 Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs when an eligible 
individual dies after approval of transfer and before transferring all 
        of the individual's entitlement, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2021

  Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Mr. Crist) 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 provide for the transfer of 
   entitlement to educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational 
 Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs when an eligible 
individual dies after approval of transfer and before transferring all 
        of the individual's entitlement, 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 ``Col. James Floyd Turner IV U.S.M.C. 
GI Bill Transfer Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER POST-9/
              11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (4) of section 3319(h) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Death of transferor.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The death of an individual 
                transferring an entitlement under this section shall 
                not affect the use of the entitlement by the dependent 
                to whom the entitlement is transferred.
                    ``(B) Death prior to designation of transferee.--In 
                the case of an eligible individual whom the Secretary 
                has approved to transfer the individual's entitlement 
                under this section who, at the time of death, is 
                entitled to educational assistance under this chapter 
                and has designated a transferee or transferees under 
                subsection (e) but has not transferred all of such 
                entitlement to such transferee or transferees, the 
                Secretary shall transfer the entitlement of the 
                individual under this section by evenly distributing 
                the amount of such entitlement between all such 
                transferees, notwithstanding the limitations under 
                subsection (f).''.
    (b) Applicability.--Paragraph (4)(B) of section 3319(h) of title 
38, United States Code, shall apply with respect to an eligible 
individual who dies on or after November 1, 2018.
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