[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4213 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4213

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all members of the 
 Armed Forces eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery 
   GI Bill the authority to transfer entitlement to such educational 
                       assistance to dependents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2002

   Mr. Smith of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all members of the 
 Armed Forces eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery 
   GI Bill the authority to transfer entitlement to such educational 
                       assistance to dependents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Education for Military 
Families Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR ALL 
              MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3020 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and
            (3) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Such section is further amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``: members of the Armed 
        Forces with critical military skills'';
            (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``with critical military 
        skills''; and
            (C) in subsection (i), by striking ``subsection (b)(3)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (b)(2)''.
    (2) The item relating to section 3020 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 30 of such title is amended by striking the 
following:

``: members of the Armed Forces with critical military skills''.
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