[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 614 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 614

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the age of eligibility 
of dependent children for receipt of transferred educational assistance 
under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2011

 Ms. Moore (for herself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Kissell, 
  Mr. Meeks, Mr. Stark, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
Waxman, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Towns) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the age of eligibility 
of dependent children for receipt of transferred educational assistance 
under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Post 9/11 G.I. Bill Dependent 
Coverage Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF UNUSED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER POST-9/11 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 
              26.

    Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Definition of Child.--The definition of the term `child' in 
paragraph (4) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, shall be 
applied to this section by substituting `twenty-six' for `twenty-three' 
in subparagraph (A)(iii) of that paragraph.''.
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