[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1130 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1130

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for certain 
members of the Armed Forces who have served 20 years on active duty to 
   transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their 
                              dependents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2011

Mr. Alexander introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for certain 
members of the Armed Forces who have served 20 years on active duty to 
   transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their 
                              dependents.

    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 ``Education Assistance to Realign New 
Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE 
              SERVED 20 YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY TO TRANSFER ENTITLEMENT TO 
              POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THEIR DEPENDENTS.

    (a) Transfer Authorized.--Section 3319(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) 20 years of active duty service in the Armed Forces, 
        as of any date between September 11, 2001, and September 30, 
        2011, including at least 90 days of such service after 
        September 10, 2001.''.
    (b) Opportunity To Transfer Entitlement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2012, an individual 
who is entitled to educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, 
United States Code, and who completed at least 20 years of active duty 
service in the Armed Forces and was discharged or released from such 
service under honorable conditions before September 30, 2011, may 
transfer all or part of the individual's entitlement to an eligible 
dependent under section 3319 of title 38, United States Code.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans 
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (title V of Public Law 110-252).
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