,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjai,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,brown1 and ,mr4 ,tester7 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 modify the eligibility requirements  
for transfer of unused entitlement to   
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance1  
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,modification of eligibility            
requirements for transfer of unused     
entitlement to ,post-#i_/aa ,educational
 ,assistance  7a7 ,modification of      
eligibility requirements  7#a7 ,in      
general ,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 an     
individual who1 at the time of the      
approval of the individual's request to 

transfer entitlement to educational     
assistance under this section--  7#a7   
has completed at least #aj years of     
service in the uniformed services1 not  
fewer than six of which were service in 
the ,armed ,forces2  7#b7 is a member of
 the uniformed services who-- 7,a7 is   
not an individual described in paragraph
 7#a72  7,b7 has served at least six    
years in the ,armed ,forces2 and  7,c7  
enters into an agreement to serve as a  
member of the uniformed services for a  
period that is no less than the         
difference between--  7i7 #aj years2 and
  7ii7 the period the individual has    
already served in the uniformed         
services2 or  7#c7 is described in      
section #ccaa7;b77#aj74  4  7#b7        
,conforming amendments ,such section is 
amended--  7,a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7i7 
by striking paragraph 7#b72 and  7ii7 in
 paragraph 7#a71 by striking 7#a72  7,b7
 in subsection 7i77#b71 by striking     
under subsection 7b77#a7 and inserting  
under subsection 7b77#b77;,c72 and  7,c7

 in subsection 7j77#b7-- 7i7 in         
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting and     
after the semicolon2  7ii7 by striking  
subparagraph 7,b72 and  7iii7 by        
redesignating subparagraph 7,c7 as      
subparagraph 7,b74  7b7 ,modification of
 time ,to transfer  7#a7 ,in general    
,paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7f7 of    
such section is amended to read as      
follows3  7#a7 ,time for transfer       
,subject to the time limitation for use 
of entitlement under section #ccba of   
this title1 and except as provided in   
subsection 7k71 an individual approved  
to transfer entitlement to educational  
assistance under this section may       
transfer such entitlement at any time4  
4  7#b7 ,conforming amendments ,such    
section is further amended-- 7,a7 by    
amending subsection 7g7 to read as      
follows3  7g7 ,commencement of use ,if a
 dependent to whom entitlement to       
educational assistance is transferred   
under this section is a child1 the      
dependent may not commence the use of   

the transferred entitlement until       
either--  7#a7 the completion by the    
child of the requirements of a secondary
 school diploma 7or equivalency         
certificate72 or  7#b7 the attainment by
 the child of #ah years of age4  2  7,b7
 by striking subsection 7k72 and  7,c7  
by redesignating subsection 7l7 as      
subsection 7k74