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<dc:title>119 HR 4540 IH: Military Family GI Bill Promise Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-07-17</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4540</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250717">July 17, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="V000138">Mr. Vindman</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="M001216">Mr. Mills</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the ability of an individual entitled to Post-9/11 education benefits to transfer such benefits to dependents.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HB1ED6CCC621E483CBE3EE4642C35DF7E" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HD3799ACD052B4AC8A60190F38DABB7F4" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Military Family GI Bill Promise Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HECBB0BD829214CF98E8EB203898F61C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Expansion of ability of an individual entitled to Post-9/11 education benefits to transfer such benefits to dependents</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H9701D8D7D24B474FB74C68EBC4B17E7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H867FC6F08BD24A76B1823C29A6223AC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(including a member who has separated from the uniformed services)</quote> after <quote>any member of the uniformed services</quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HA84DB0982C374C158B3CE80594BB2B7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H43986EE2F9634F1FBC6EDD92BC71F75D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H4660033886B645B781E8338CEF4B6C72"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H81CECD866B114418B535675652B9FE5C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0CDA1B73319D4ECC97634D3A6D3205E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 years of service in the uniformed services, at least six of which were in the Armed Forces; or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H120BE80BF8C24D89B6E7100220EE1223"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB0E4160237AD49BAAC3A448D985E182C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and except as provided in subsection (k) or (l),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H4684820BFF0D4737B73E4069C5691D9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>only while serving as a member of the Armed Forces when the transfer is executed</quote> and inserting <quote>at any time</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DA8F85C96C540B4A65A8C23D462A3AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking <quote>, notwithstanding whether the individual is serving as a member of the Armed Forces when such transfer is executed</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> 
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