3.0.0 3627 2023-01-11T13:40:56Z 2023-01-11T13:40:56Z Senate S 2018-11-14 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-11-14T23:25:23Z 2018-11-14 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-03T21:19:54Z Veterans Education and Transfer Extension Act or the VET Extension Act

This bill makes changes to Post-9/11 educational assistance for veterans or active duty military service members. Specifically, the bill increases the number of months of educational assistance available under the Post-9/11 GI Bill by (1) 15 months, or (2) the amount of months needed to complete remedial and deficiency courses that may be needed prior to beginning a program of education.

Under the bill, individuals who do not currently have a dependent, but wish to elect to transfer educational assistance to a dependent, may do so at such a time when they do have a dependent. Additionally, the Department of Defense may not prescribe any additional limitation on the time period in which a member of the Armed Forces may make an election.

]]> VET Extension Act Display Title VET Extension Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces who require extra time to complete remedial and deficiency courses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VET Extension Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Education and Transfer Extension Act Introduced in Senate 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3627is/xml/BILLS-115s3627is.xml 2018-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.