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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the set of individuals eligible to transfer Post-9/11 educational assistance to eligible dependents.
Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the set of individuals eligible to transfer Post-9/11 educational assistance to eligible dependents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Earned Education Act”.
SEC. 2. Expansion of eligibility to transfer Post-9/11 educational assistance to eligible dependents.
Section 3319(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking “member of the uniformed services” and inserting “individual”; and
(B) by striking “, has completed at least”;
(A) by inserting “has completed at least” before “six years”; and
(B) by striking “or”;
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting “has completed at least” before “the years”;
(4) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
(5) by inserting, after paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:
“(2) has completed at least 17 years of service in the Armed Forces;
“(3) is retired from the Armed Forces under chapter 61 of title 10; or”.