[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5939 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5939

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the time limitation 
    for the use of entitlement to educational assistance under the 
 Montgomery GI Bill for certain persons actively pursuing a qualifying 
                   educational degree or certificate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2008

  Mr. Carson 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 the time limitation 
    for the use of entitlement to educational assistance under the 
 Montgomery GI Bill for certain persons actively pursuing a qualifying 
                   educational degree or certificate.

    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 ``Montgomery GI Bill Degree Extension 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ENTITLEMENT TO 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER MONTGOMERY GI BILL.

    (a) Extension of Limitation Period.--Section 3031 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection (h):
    ``(h)(1) In the case of an individual eligible for educational 
assistance under this chapter who has completed at least 50 percent of 
the credit or time requirements leading to a degree or certificate 
before the last day of the 10-year period prescribed in subsection (a), 
the period during which the individual may use the individual's 
entitlement shall terminate on the earlier of the following dates:
            ``(A) The date on which the individual completes all of the 
        credit or time requirements leading to the degree or 
        certificate.
            ``(B) The date that is two years after the last day of the 
        10-year period prescribed in subsection (a).
    ``(2) An individual described in paragraph (1) who uses the 
individual's entitlement after the last day of the 10-year period 
prescribed in subsection (a) may only use the individual's entitlement 
for the pursuit of a course that leads to the degree or certificate 
referred to in that paragraph.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (a) of such section is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``subsections (b) through (g)'' and 
        inserting ``subsections (b) through (h)''; and
            (2) by striking ``subsection (h)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (i)''.
    (c) Effective Date and Applicability.--The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to an individual whose 
entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 30 of title 38, 
United States Code, has not expired as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act under section 3031 of such title, as in effect on the day 
before that date.
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