GI Education Benefits Fairness Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1718 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be trans- ferred under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 13, 2019 Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clari- fication regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GI Education Benefits 4 Fairness Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:02 Mar 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1718.IH H1718 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1718 IH SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE CHILDREN TO 1 WHOM ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AS- 2 SISTANCE MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNDER 3 THE POST 9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 4 PROGRAM. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3319(c) of title 38, 6 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 7 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS.— 8 ‘‘(1) TRANSFER.—An individual approved to 9 transfer an entitlement to educational assistance 10 under this section may transfer the individual’s enti- 11 tlement as follows: 12 ‘‘(A) To the individual’s spouse. 13 ‘‘(B) To one or more of the individual’s 14 children. 15 ‘‘(C) To a combination of the individuals 16 referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 17 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF CHILDREN.—For purposes 18 of this subsection, the term ‘children’ includes de- 19 pendents described in section 1072(2)(I) of title 20 10.’’. 21 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub- 22 section (a) shall apply with respect to educational assist- 23 ance payable under chapter 33 of title 38, United States 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:02 Mar 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1718.IH H1718 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1718 IH Code, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 1 this Act. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:02 Mar 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1718.IH H1718 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS