,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjah,mr4 ,taylor 7for himself and ,mr4 
,panetta7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to extend the period in which members of
 the uniformed services may transfer    
entitlement to educational assistance   
under ,post-#i_/aa ,educational         
,assistance ,program1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,gi ,bill ,transfer
 ,extension ,act4  #b4 ,eligibility and 
period for transfer entitlement under   
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
,program  7a7 ,eligibility ,subsection  
7b7 of section #ccai of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7b7 ,eligible         
individuals ,an individual referred to  
in subsection 7a7 is any of the         
following3 7#a7 ,a member of the        

uniformed services who1 at the time of  
the approval of the individual's request
 to transfer entitlement to educational 
assistance under this section1 has      
completed at least--  7,a7 six years of 
service in the ,armed ,forces and enters
 into an agreement to serve at least    
four more years as a member of the      
uniformed services2 or  7,b7 the years  
of service as determined in regulations 
pursuant to subsection 7j74  7#b7 ,a    
veteran who--  7,a7 while serving in the
 ,armed ,forces met the service         
conditions specified in subparagraph    
7,a7 or 7,b7 of paragraph 7#a72 and     
7,b7 at the time of the approval of the 
individual's request to transfer        
entitlement to educational assistance   
under this section1 has been discharged 
or released from the ,armed ,forces for 
not more than #ae years4  4  7b7 ,time  
for transfer ,subsection 7f7 of such    
section is amended-- 7#a7 by striking   
paragraph 7#a72  7#b7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 as paragraphs  

7#a7 and 7#b71 respectively2 and  7#c7  
in the subsection heading1 by striking  
,time for ,transfer24  7c7 ,years of    
service ,subsection 7j7 of such section 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new paragraphs3  7#c7 ,such   
regulations may not provide for a       
limitation on eligibility under         
subsection 7b7 based on a maximum number
 of years of service in the uniformed   
services4  4  7d7 ,application date ,the
 amendments made by this section shall  
apply to any individual who is          
discharged or released from the         
uniformed services on or after ,january 
#a1 #bjji4