3.0.0 342 2026-07-14T11:03:21Z 2026-07-14T11:03:21Z Senate S S 2025-01-30 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/342 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup By 2026-03-18T20:00:00Z Hearings By (full committee) 2025-12-10T21:00:00Z Hearings By (full committee) 2025-12-10T21:00:00Z Referred To 2025-01-30T21:32:16Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes. 119 790 HR 2025-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS 2026-03-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2025-12-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247. Committee 2025-01-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2025-01-30 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2025-01-30 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2025-01-30 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2025-01-30 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2025-01-30 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2025-01-30 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2025-01-30 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2025-01-30 True K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2025-01-30 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2025-01-30 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2025-01-30 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2025-09-11 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2025-09-11 False 2026-04-01T18:47:00Z S. 342, Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2026 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62277 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 18, 2026 Armed Forces and National Security Family relationships 2025-03-27T15:46:53Z Higher education 2025-03-27T15:46:53Z Student aid and college costs 2025-03-27T15:46:53Z Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation 2025-03-27T15:46:53Z Veterans' organizations and recognition 2025-03-27T15:46:53Z Armed Forces and National Security 2025-03-18T17:44:07Z 00 2025-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2025-03-20T16:21:51Z Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025

This bill authorizes certain Purple Heart recipients to elect to transfer to one or more eligible dependents (e.g., a spouse or child) unused portions of such recipients’ entitlement to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance. This authority specifically applies to veterans who are awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces occurring on or after September 11, 2001, and who have been discharged or released from active service.

Under the bill, the total number of months of entitlement transferred by a Purple Heart recipient may not exceed 36 months. Additionally, the Purple Heart recipient may modify or revoke any unused portion of the transferred entitlement by submitting written notice.

A transferred entitlement may not be treated as marital property or marital assets in divorce or other civil proceedings.

The death of the Purple Heart recipient must not affect the use of the entitlement by the individual who receives the transferred entitlement.

In the event of an overpayment of educational assistance, the Purple Heart recipient and the transferee of the entitlement must be held jointly and severally liable for the amount.

The bill requires the VA and DOD to coordinate to facilitate the transfer of entitlements under the bill.

]]> Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025 2026-07-14T11:03:21Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025 2025-03-05T05:08:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes. 2025-03-05T05:04:02Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s342is/xml/BILLS-119s342is.xml 2026-03-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. 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.