[Congressional Bills 111th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5737 Introduced in House (IH)] 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5737 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the age of eligibility of dependent children for receipt of transferred educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2010 Ms. Moore of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the age of eligibility of dependent children for receipt of transferred educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Post-9/11 G.I. Bill Dependent Coverage Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF UNUSED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 26. Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(l) Definition of Child.--The definition of the term `child' in paragraph (4) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, shall be applied to this section by substituting `twenty-six' for `twenty-three' in subparagraph (A)(iii) of that paragraph.''. <all>