[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 410 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 410

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the transfer of 
    unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to additional 
   dependents upon the death of the originally designated dependent.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2017

   Mr. Crapo 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 authorize the transfer of 
    unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to additional 
   dependents upon the death of the originally designated dependent.

    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 ``Shawna Hill Post 9/11 Education 
Benefits Transferability Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED TRANSFER OF UNUSED POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE BENEFITS TO DEPENDENTS UPON DEATH OF 
              ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED DEPENDENT.

    (a) Transfer Upon Death of Dependent.--Section 3319 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting after ``section 
        3321'' the following: ``, and except as provided in subsection 
        (k),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Additional Transfer Upon Death of Dependent.--In the case of 
a dependent to whom entitlement to educational assistance is 
transferred under this section who dies before using all of such 
entitlement, the individual who transferred the entitlement to the 
dependent may transfer any remaining entitlement to a different 
eligible dependent, notwithstanding whether the individual is serving 
as a member of the Armed Forces when such transfer is executed.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2009.
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