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.

IIB 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 290 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 16, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to render an indi- vidual, 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Jun 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H290.RFS H290 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 290 RFS Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SOLE LIABILITY FOR TRANSFERRED EDU- 3 CATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL 4 WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE A SERVICE AGREE- 5 MENT. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (i) of section 3319 of 7 title 38, United States Code, is amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 9 (A) by striking ‘‘In the event’’ and insert- 10 ing ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), in the event’’; 11 and 12 (B) by inserting ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘sec- 13 tion 3685’’; 14 (2) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2)— 15 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘IN GEN- 16 ERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘SOLE LIABILITY’’; and 17 (B) by inserting ‘‘for which the individual 18 shall be solely liable to the United States for 19 the amount of the overpayment for purposes of 20 section 3685 of this title’’ before the period at 21 the end; and 22 (3) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2)— 23 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 24 striking ‘‘Subparagraph (A) shall not apply’’ 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Jun 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H290.RFS H290 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 290 RFS and inserting ‘‘Neither the individual nor the 1 dependent shall be liable to the United States 2 for the amount of the overpayment for purposes 3 of section 3685 of this title’’; and 4 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘of this 5 title’’ after ‘‘section 3311(c)(4)’’. 6 (b) REVERSION.—Effective October 1, 2024, such 7 subsection (i) is amended to read as it read on the day 8 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 9 SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 10 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 11 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 12 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 13 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 14 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 15 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 16 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 17 vote on passage. 18 Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 2021. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Jun 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H290.RFS H290 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS