[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1070 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1070

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification 
 regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance 
  may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 23, 2015

  Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification 
 regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance 
  may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``GI Education Benefit Fairness Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE CHILDREN TO WHOM ENTITLEMENT TO 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNDER POST-9/11 
              EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 3319 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Eligible Dependents.--
            ``(1) Transfer.--An individual approved to transfer an 
        entitlement to educational assistance under this section may 
        transfer the individual's entitlement as follows:
                    ``(A) To the individual's spouse.
                    ``(B) To one or more of the individual's children.
                    ``(C) To a combination of the individuals referred 
                to in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
            ``(2) Definition of children.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `children' includes dependents described 
        in section 1072(2)(I) of title 10.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to educational assistance payable under chapter 33 
of title 38, United States Code, before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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