Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “GI Bill Transfer Extension Act”.
GI Bill Transfer Extension Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period in which members of the uniformed services may transfer entitlement to educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Eligibility and period for transfer entitlement under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program
Eligibility— 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 any of the following:
“(1) A member of the uniformed services who, at the time of the approval of the individual’s request to transfer entitlement to educational assistance under this section, has completed at least—
“(A) six years of service in the Armed Forces and enters into an agreement to serve at least four more years as a member of the uniformed services; or
“(B) the years of service as determined in regulations pursuant to subsection (j).
“(2) A veteran who—
“(A) while serving in the Armed Forces met the service conditions specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1); and
“(B) at the time of the approval of the individual’s request to transfer entitlement to educational assistance under this section, has been discharged or released from the Armed Forces for not more than 15 years.”
Time for transfer— Subsection (f) of such section is amended—
by striking paragraph (1);
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
in the subsection heading, by striking “Time for Transfer;”.
Years of service— Subsection (j) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
“(3) Such regulations may not provide for a limitation on eligibility under subsection (b) based on a maximum number of years of service in the uniformed services.”
Application date— The amendments made by this section shall apply to any individual who is discharged or released from the uniformed services on or after January 1, 2009.