1.Authority of certain members
of the Armed Forces to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance
to their dependentsSubsection
(b) of section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(b)An individual
referred to in subsection (a) is any member of the Armed Forces who—
(1)at the time of the
approval of the individual’s request to transfer entitlement to educational
assistance under this section, has completed at least—
(A)six years of
service in the Armed Forces and enters into an agreement to serve at least four
more years as a member of the Armed Forces; or
(B)the years of
service as determined in regulations pursuant to section (k);
(2)retired on or
after September 10, 2001, and on or before July 31, 2009; or
(3)medically retired
or separated from the Armed Forces on or after September 10, 2001, by reason of
a disability determined to be a service-connected
disability.
.
2.Special rules for
certain individuals entitled to post-9/11 educational assistance and basic
educational assistance under Montgomery GI BillSection 5003(c)(4) of the Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (title V of Public Law 110–252) is
amended—
(1)by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
(C)Special rule for
certain members entitled to MGIBIn the case of an individual who makes an
election under paragraph (1) and who is entitled to basic educational
assistance under chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, by reason of the
individual’s service in the Armed Forces or before September 10, 2001—
(i)if the individual is entitled to not more
than 24 months of basic educational assistance under such chapter prior to
making such election, the individual shall be entitled to 36 months of
educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code (as so
added), in accordance with the provisions of such chapter, instead of basic
educational assistance under chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code;
and
(ii)if the individual is entitled to more than
24 months of basic educational assistance under such chapter prior to making
such election, the individual shall be entitled to 36 months of educational
assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code (as so added) in
accordance with the provisions of such chapter, plus the number of months, in
excess of 24, of basic educational assistance under chapter 30 of such title to
which the individual is entitled.
;
and
(2)in subparagraph
(A), by inserting subparagraph (C) or
before paragraph
(5)
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3.Monthly housing
assistance for individuals pursuing programs of education offered through
distance learning who receive post-9/11 educational assistanceSection 3313(c)(1)(B)(i) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended—
(1)by striking
(other than, in the case of assistance under this section only, a
program of education offered through distance learning)
; and
(2)by adding at the
end the following: , except that in the case of an individual pursuing a
program of education offered, completely or in part, through distance learning,
the amount of the monthly housing stipend under this clause shall be equal to
the monthly amount of the basic allowance for housing payable under section 403
of title 37 for a member with dependents in pay grade E–5 residing in the
military housing area in which the individual resides.
4.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).