,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #daj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #af1      
#bjag,mr4 ,crapo introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to authorize the transfer of unused     
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
benefits to additional dependents upon  
the death of the originally designated  
dependent4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,shawna ,hill ,post 
#i_/aa ,education ,benefits             
,transferability ,act4  #b4 ,additional 
authorized transfer of unused           
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
benefits to dependents upon death of    
originally designated dependent  7a7    
,transfer upon death of dependent       
,section #ccai of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7f77#a71 by inserting after  
section #ccba the following3 1 and      

except as provided in subsection 7k712  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new subsection3  7k7          
,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 entitlement1 the individual who    
transferred the entitlement to the      
dependent may transfer any remaining    
entitlement to a different eligible     
dependent1 notwithstanding whether the  
individual is serving as a member of the
 ,armed ,forces when such transfer is   
executed4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to deaths occurring  
on or after ,august #a1 #bjji4