[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1798 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1798

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to render an individual, who 
 transfers certain educational assistance, to which the individual is 
  entitled because of an agreement by such individual to serve in the 
   Armed Forces, to a dependent of that individual, and who fails to 
  complete such agreement, solely liable for the overpayment of such 
            educational assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2023

Mr. Van Orden 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 render an individual, who 
 transfers certain educational assistance, to which the individual is 
  entitled because of an agreement by such individual to serve in the 
   Armed Forces, to a dependent of that individual, and who fails to 
  complete such agreement, solely liable for the overpayment of such 
            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 ``Protect Military Dependents Act''.

SEC. 2. SOLE LIABILITY FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY AN 
              INDIVIDUAL WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE A SERVICE AGREEMENT.

    Subsection (i) of section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``In the event'' and inserting 
                ``Subject to paragraph (2), in the event''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``of this title'' after ``section 
                3685'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``In general'' and 
                inserting ``Sole liability''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``for which the individual shall 
                be solely liable to the United States for the amount of 
                the overpayment for purposes of section 3685 of this 
                title'' before the period at the end; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``Subparagraph (A) shall not apply'' and inserting 
                ``Neither the individual nor the dependent shall be 
                liable to the United States for the amount of the 
                overpayment for purposes of section 3685 of this 
                title''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``of this title'' 
                after ``section 3311(c)(4)''.
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