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Q: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE AND NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION CORPS TO TRANSFER UNUSED BENEFITS UNDER
POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO FAMILY
MEMBERS.

(a) In General.--Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
new subsection (a):
''(a) Authority To Transfer.--
''(1) Members of the armed forces.--Subject to the
provisions of this section, the Secretary of Defense, in order
to promote the recruitment and retention of members of the
Armed Forces, may authorize the Secretary concerned to permit
an individual described in subsection (b)(1) who is entitled to
educational assistance under this chapter to elect to transfer
to one or more of the dependents specified in subsection (c) a
portion of such individual's entitlement to such assistance,
subject to the limitation under subsection (d).
''(2) Members of the united states public health service.--
Subject to the provisions of this section, in order to promote
the recruitment and retention of members of the United States
Public Health Service, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services may permit an individual described in subsection
(b)(2) who is entitled to educational assistance under this
chapter to elect to transfer to one or more of the dependents
specified in subsection (c) a portion of such individual's
entitlement to such assistance, subject to the limitation under
subsection (d).
''(3) Members of the national oceanographic and atmospheric
administration corps.--Subject to the provisions of this
section, in order to promote the recruitment and retention of
members of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration Corps, the Secretary of Commerce may permit an
individual described in subsection (b)(3) who is entitled to
educational assistance under this chapter to elect to transfer
to one or more of the dependents specified in subsection (c) a
portion of such individual's entitlement to such assistance,
subject to the limitation under subsection (d).'';
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following
new subsection (b):
''(b) Eligible Individuals.--For purposes of this section, an
eligible individual is any of the following:
''(1) A member of the Armed Forces 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 Armed Forces; or
''(B) the years of service as determined in
regulations pursuant to section (k).
''(2) A member of the United States Public Health Service
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 United States
Public Health Service and enters into an agreement to
serve at least four more years as a member of the
United States Public Health Service; or
''(B) the years of service as determined in
regulations pursuant to section (k).
''(3) A member of the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration Corps 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 National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Corps and
enters into an agreement to serve at least four more
years as a member of the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration Corps; or
''(B) the years of service as determined in
regulations pursuant to section (k).'';
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (d), by striking
''Secretary of Defense'' and inserting '', the appropriate
Secretary'';
(4) in subsection (f)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ''armed forces''
and inserting ''Armed Forces, member of the United
States Public Health Service, or member of the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, as
the case may be,''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ''Secretary
concerned'' and inserting ''appropriate Secretary'';
(5) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ''in the armed
forces'' and inserting ''in the Armed Forces, United
States Public Health Service, or National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration Corps, as the case may
be,''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ''in the
armed forces'' and inserting ''in the Armed Forces,
United States Public Health Service, or National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, as
the case may be,'';
(6) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting before ''as
if the individual were not on active duty'' the
following: '', and in the case of a member of the Armed
Forces,'';
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting before ''as
if the individual were not on active duty'' the
following: '', and in the case of a member of the Armed
Forces,''; and
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ''in the
armed forces'' and inserting ''in the Armed Forces,
United States Public Health Service, or National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, as
the case may be,'';
(7) in subsection (i)(2)(A), by striking ''subsection
(b)(1)'' and inserting ''paragraph (1)(A), (2)(A), or (3)(A) of
subsection (b)'';
(8) in subsection (j), by striking ''Secretary of Defense''
the following: ''appropriate Secretary''; and
(9) by inserting after subsection (k) and inserting the
following new subsection:
''(l) Appropriate Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term
'appropriate Secretary' means--
''(1) the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters
concerning members of the Armed Forces;
''(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with
respect to matters concerning the United States Public Health
Service; and
''(3) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to matters
concerning the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration Corps.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (title V of Public Law 110-252).
A:
Grants to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Commerce similar authority to allow members of the Public Health Service and of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Corps, respectively, to transfer unused benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program to family members. (Currently, this benefits transfer option applies only to the Secretary of Defense [DOD] and members of the Armed Forces.)

Requires such personnel, at the time their benefits transfer request is approved, to have completed: (1) six years of service in the Public Health Service or NOAA Corps and agreed to serve at least four more; or (2) the years of service determined by the appropriate Secretary.

Authorizes the transfer to family members of up to 36 months of unused post-9/11 educational assistance, although the appropriate Secretary may limit such transfer to as little as 18 months of assistance.