,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aihh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjac ,mr4 
,alexander 7for himself and ,mr4        
,connolly7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide authority for 
certain members of the ,armed ,forces to
 transfer entitlement to ,post-#i_/aa   
,educational ,assistance to their       
dependents4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,education         
,assistance to ,realign ,new            
,eligibilities for ,dependents          
7,,earned7 ,act of #bjac4  #b4          
,authority of certain members of the    
,armed ,forces who have served #bj years
 on active duty to transfer entitlement 
to ,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance
 to their dependents  7a7 ,transfer     
authorized ,section #ccai7;b7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking   

or2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking
 the period and inserting 2 or2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#c7 any period of      
service in the ,armed ,forces1 as of any
 date between ,september #aa1 #bjja1 and
 ,september #cj1 #bjaa1 including at    
least #ij days of such service after    
,september #aj1 #bjja4  4  7b7          
,opportunity ,to transfer entitlement   
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
ending on ,december #ca1 #bjae1 an      
individual who is entitled to           
educational assistance under chapter #cc
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1   
and who completed any period of service 
in the ,armed ,forces and was discharged
 or released from such service under    
honorable conditions before ,september  
#cj1 #bjaa1 may transfer all or part of 
the individual's entitlement to an      
eligible dependent under section #ccai  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4    

7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect as if   
included in the enactment of the        
,post-#i_/aa ,veterans ,educational     
,assistance ,act of #bjjh 7title ,v of  
,public ,law #aaj-beb74