GI Bill Transfer Extension Act

Bill: 115-hr-6769
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Marriage and family status

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>GI Bill Transfer Extension Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides that a veteran who meets the length of U.S. Armed Forces service necessary to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits to a dependent spouse, child, or both may transfer unused benefits to such persons for up to 15 years after discharge or release from the Armed Forces. (Currently, a qualified individual may only transfer such benefits during military service.)</p> <p>The bill makes these provisions retroactive to January 1, 2009.</p> <p>The Department of Defense may not limit eligibility for such benefits based on a maximum number of active service years.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6769 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2018 Mr. Taylor (for himself and Mr. Panetta ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period in which members of the uniformed services may transfer entitlement to educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the GI Bill Transfer Extension Act . 2. Eligibility and period for transfer entitlement under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program (a) Eligibility Subsection (b) of section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Eligible individuals An individual referred to in subsection (a) is any of the following: (1) A member of the uniformed services who, at the time of the approval of the individual’s request to transfer entitlement to educational assistance under this section, 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 uniformed services; or (B) the years of service as determined in regulations pursuant to subsection (j). (2) A veteran who— (A) while serving in the Armed Forces met the service conditions specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1); and (B) at the time of the approval of the individual’s request to transfer entitlement to educational assistance under this section, has been discharged or released from the Armed Forces for not more than 15 years. . (b) Time for transfer Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and (3) in the subsection heading, by striking Time for Transfer; . (c) Years of service Subsection (j) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (3) Such regulations may not provide for a limitation on eligibility under subsection (b) based on a maximum number of years of service in the uniformed services. . (d) Application date The amendments made by this section shall apply to any individual who is discharged or released from the uniformed services on or after January 1, 2009.