[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3379-S3380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 276. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   TRANSFER OF UNUSED ENTITLEMENT TO POST-9/11 
                   EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Modification of Eligibility Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 3319 of title 
     38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Eligible Individuals.--An individual referred to in 
     subsection (a) is an individual who, at the time of the 
     approval of the individual's request to transfer entitlement 
     to educational assistance under this section--
       ``(1) has completed at least 10 years of service in the 
     uniformed services, not fewer than six of which were service 
     in the Armed Forces;
       ``(2) is a member of the uniformed services who--
       ``(A) is not an individual described in paragraph (1);
       ``(B) has served at least six years in the Armed Forces;
       ``(C) enters into an agreement to serve as a member of the 
     uniformed services for a period that is no less than the 
     difference between--
       ``(i) 10 years; and
       ``(ii) the period the individual has already served in the 
     uniformed services; or
       ``(3) is described in section 3311(b)(10).''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1)'';
       (B) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ``under subsection 
     (b)(1)'' and inserting ``under subsection (b)(2)(C)''; and
       (C) in subsection (j)(2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
       (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
     (B).
       (b) Modification of Time to Transfer.--
       (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of such 
     section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Time for transfer.--Subject to the time limitation 
     for use of entitlement under section 3321 of this title, and 
     except as provided in subsection (k), an individual approved 
     to transfer entitlement to educational assistance under this 
     section may transfer such entitlement at any time.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (A) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
       ``(g) Commencement of Use.--If a dependent to whom 
     entitlement to educational assistance is transferred under 
     this section is a child, the dependent may not commence the 
     use of the transferred entitlement until either--
       ``(1) the completion by the child of the requirements of a 
     secondary school diploma (or equivalency certificate); or
       ``(2) the attainment by the child of 18 years of age.'';
       (B) by striking subsection (k); and
       (C) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (k).
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