,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bh1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,chaffetz 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,latta1 and ,mr4 ,labrador7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to permit certain
 veterans who were discharged or        
released from the ,armed ,forces by     
reason of service-connected disability  
to transfer benefits under the          
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
,program1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,service-connected death1 disability1 or
 injury exception for transferability of
 entitlement to educational assistance  
under the ,post-#i_/aa ,educational     
,assistance program ,section #ccai of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7b7--     
7,a7 by striking 7b7 ,eligible          
individuals4--,an individual1 and       
inserting the following3  7b7 ,eligible 

,individuals  7#a7 ,in general ,an      
individual  2  7,b7 by redesignating    
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 as             
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71            
respectively1 and moving them two ems to
 the right2 and  7,c7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#b7  
,approval after death in line of duty   
,notwithstanding the service            
requirements under paragraph 7#a71 an   
individual referred to in subsection 7a7
 shall also include an individual who   
elected to transfer educational         
assistance as described in subsection   
7a7 but whose application for such      
transfer was not approved before such   
individual died in line of duty4  2 and 
7#b7 in subsection 7f7--  7,a7 by       
striking 7#a7 ,time for                 
transfer4--,subject to and inserting the
 following3  7#a7 ,time for transfer    
7,a7 ,in general ,except as provided in 
subparagraph 7,b7 and subject to  2 and 
7,b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph3  7,b7 ,exception  7i7 

,time for transfer for service-connected
 disability or injury in line of duty   
,the limitation under subparagraph 7,a7 
with respect to the time to transfer    
entitlement benefits under this section 
shall not apply if an individual is     
discharged or released from active duty 
in the ,armed ,forces in accordance with
 section #ccaa7;c7 of this title--  7,i7
 due to a service-connected disability2 
or  7,,ii7 after sustaining an injury in
 line of duty that requires hospital1   
nursing home1 or domiciliary care or    
treatment4  7ii7 ,extended period of    
eligibility ,an individual referred to  
in clause 7i7 may transfer entitlement  
benefits under this section--  7,i7     
before the end of the #cf-month period  
beginning on the date of the            
individual's discharge or release from  
active duty in the ,armed ,forces2 or   
7,,ii7 before the end of the #dh-month  
period beginning on the date of such    
discharge or release if the ,secretary  
concerned determines special            

circumstances exist4  7iii7 ,alternative
 period of eligibility ,in the case of  
an individual described in clause 7i7   
who is discharged or released from      
active duty in the ,armed ,forces on or 
after ,august #a1 #bjji1 but before the 
date of the enactment of this           
subparagraph1 the extended period of    
eligibility described in clause 7ii7    
shall begin on the date of the enactment
 of this subparagraph4  7,c7 ,additional
 opportunity to make election ,an       
individual described in subparagraph    
7,b77i7 may elect to transfer the       
individual's entitlement under          
subsection 7a71 or to make changes to   
the dependent or dependents designated  
as the transferee or transferees of the 
individual's entitlement under this     
section1 one or more times during the   
time period referred to in subparagraph 
7,b77ii74  4  #b4 ,effective ,date ,the 
amendments made by this ,act to section 
#ccai of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 shall apply with respect to      

individuals who became eligible to      
transfer benefits under such section on 
or after ,august #a1 #bjji4