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<dc:title>118 HR 6294 IH: Veterans Earned Education Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-11-08</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6294</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20231108">November 8, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="C001121">Mr. Crow</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="W000795">Mr. Wilson of South Carolina</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the set of individuals eligible to transfer Post-9/11 educational assistance to eligible dependents.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HD3D86EB20F83454E9DB53C5BB615696A" style="OLC"><section id="H977966791E094F5DADCE3E68687DC9DF" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Veterans Earned Education Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H93941AC73A704FD4A8437200310EF885" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Expansion of eligibility to transfer Post-9/11 educational assistance to eligible dependents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3319(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB1C4EDFDA65E472CB894125653B875A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H06A9E712917D4535A57849B5BABBA45E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>member of the uniformed services</quote> and inserting <quote>individual</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECABE064602C42A0832D781B766A337E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, has completed at least</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66B3C3335D8D42C18B7922844900F4F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="HE008DF9484DF411C9FE448AAA9B4BD85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>has completed at least</quote> before <quote>six years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48175175E55A4FB48799A977B14356E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D7DD6B9EB5E443BB4E9FC019BAC8B44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>has completed at least</quote> before <quote>the years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H31D46BAA32F24159895730234A3F5943"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B7DF1A6F21B4E78894BBF7EC5E1E5AD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting, after paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="H30D117ED25DA414489ABC4ECDDADAC27" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HB46F6B7D476047D8B86EE4D32DFBF582"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has completed at least 17 years of service in the Armed Forces;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCCBD5A9A1B594F3FB131A1034B0AFB26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is retired from the Armed Forces under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title 10; or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

