115 S410 IS: Shawna Hill Post 9/11 Education Benefits Transferability Act U.S. Senate 2017-02-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II115th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 410IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 16, 2017Mr. Crapo introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' AffairsA BILLTo amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the transfer of unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to additional dependents upon the death of the originally designated dependent.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Shawna Hill Post 9/11 Education Benefits Transferability Act.

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Additional authorized transfer of unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to dependents upon death of originally designated dependent

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Transfer upon death of dependent

Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1)in subsection (f)(1), by inserting after section 3321 the following: , and except as provided in subsection (k),; and (2)by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k)

Additional transfer upon death of dependent

In the case of a dependent to whom entitlement to educational assistance is transferred under this section who dies before using all of such entitlement, the individual who transferred the entitlement to the dependent may transfer any remaining entitlement to a different eligible dependent, notwithstanding whether the individual is serving as a member of the Armed Forces when such transfer is executed.. (b)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2009.