,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #ab1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,booker 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 provide additional entitlement to    
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance to
 certain veterans and members of the    
,armed ,forces who require extra time to
 complete remedial and deficiency       
courses1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,education and ,transfer  
,extension ,act of #bjai or the ,,vet   
,extension ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings
 ,congress makes the following findings3
 7#a7 ,individuals who are entitled to  
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
who require remedial and deficiency     
courses exhaust their entitlement before
 completing a program of education with 
such assistance4  7#b7 ,members of the  

,armed ,forces who are entitled to      
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
and who do not have dependents while    
serving as members of the ,armed ,forces
 are not able to transfer their         
entitlement to such assistance when they
 come to have dependents4  #c4          
,additional entitlement to ,post-#i_/aa 
,educational ,assistance for certain    
veterans and members of the ,armed      
,forces who require extra time to       
complete remedial courses  7a7 ,in      
general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #cc 
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #ccbj;,a4       
,additional assistance  7a7 ,in general 
,the number of months of educational    
assistance under section #ccac of this  
title an eligible individual is entitled
 to under section #ccab of this title is
 hereby increased by the lesser of--    
7#a7 #ae months2 or  7#b7 in the case of
 an eligible individual who attempted or
 completed remedial and deficiency      

courses as described in subsection      
7b77#d71 the full-time equivalent number
 of months of educational assistance    
used under this chapter to complete such
 remedial and deficiency courses4  7b7  
,eligibility ,for purposes of this      
section1 an eligible individual is an   
individual-- 7#a7 who is or was entitled
 to educational assistance under section
 #ccaa of this title2  7#b7 has received
 educational assistance under this      
chapter at any time during the most     
recent six month period2  7#c7 who has  
used all of the educational assistance  
to which the individual is entitled     
under this chapter2 and  7#d7 who has   
attempted or completed remedial and     
deficiency courses in pursuit of        
completing a program of education at an 
institution of higher learning and in   
doing so requires more than the standard
 #abj semester 7or #ahj quarter7 credit 
hours for completion of a program of    
education at an institution of higher   
learning4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this    

section3 7#a7 ,the term institution of  
higher learning has the meaning given   
such term in section #cdeb of this      
title4  7#b7 ,the term remedial and     
deficiency course means a course offered
 by an institution of higher learning   
that is designed to overcome a          
deficiency4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment 
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section #ccbj
 the following new item3  #ccbj;,a4     
,additional assistance4  4  7c7         
,conforming amendment ,section #cfie of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7d7 ,in the  
case of an individual who receives      
additional educational assistance under 
section #ccbj;,a of this title1 the     
number of months specified in subsection
 7a7 shall instead be construed to      
specify the number of months that is    
equal to the sum of-- 7#a7 such number  
of months2 and  7#b7 the amount of the  

increase in number of months of         
educational assistance to which the     
individual is entitled pursuant to      
section #ccbj;,a7a7 of such title4  4   
#d4 ,increased flexibility in           
transferring entitlement to ,post-#i_/aa
 ,educational ,assistance ,section #ccai
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7e7-- 7,a7
 by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7       
through 7#c7 as subparagraphs 7,a7      
through 7,c71 respectively1 and         
indenting such subparagraphs            
appropriately2  7,b7 in the matter      
before subparagraph 7,a71 as            
redesignated by subparagraph 7,a71 by   
striking ,an and inserting the          
following3  7#a7 ,in general ,an  2 and 
7,c7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph 7#b73  7#b7 ,timing of    
designation ,in the case of an          
individual who elects to transfer       
entitlement under subsection 7a7 but who
 at the time of the election does not   
have any eligible dependents1 the       

individual may carry out the            
designations required by paragraph 7#a7 
when the individual comes to have an    
eligible dependent to whom the          
individual would like to transfer       
entitlement under this section4  2 and  
7#b7 in subsection 7f7-- 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 paragraph    
7#a77;,a71 as redesignated by           
subparagraph 7,b71 by inserting 1       
including by designating a new dependent
 or dependents to receive the unused    
entitlement before the semicolon4