[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3577 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3577

To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide authority for certain 
members of the Armed Forces who have served 20 years on active duty to 
   transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their 
                              dependents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2009

 Mr. Rodriguez (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hall of New York, and Mr. 
   Teague) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide authority for certain 
members of the Armed Forces who have served 20 years on active duty to 
   transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their 
                              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 ``Education Assistance to Realign New 
Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE 
              SERVED 20 YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY TO TRANSFER ENTITLEMENT TO 
              POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THEIR DEPENDENTS.

    (a) Transfer Authorized.--Section 3319(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) 20 years of active duty service in the Armed Forces, 
        as of any date between September 11, 2001, and July 31, 2009, 
        including at least 90 days of such service after September 10, 
        2001, and is honorably discharged.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans 
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (title V of Public Law 110-252).
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