,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #c1       
#bjba,mr4 ,bilirakis 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,crist7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide for the       
transfer of entitlement to educational  
assistance under ,post-#i_/aa           
,educational ,assistance ,program of    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs when  
an eligible individual dies after       
approval of transfer and before         
transferring all of the individual's    
entitlement1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,col4 ,james ,floyd ,turner ,,iv
 ,u4,s4,m4,c4 ,,gi ,bill ,transfer ,act 
of #bjba4  #b4 ,transfer of entitlement 
to educational assistance under         
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
,program of ,department of ,veterans    
,affairs  7a7 ,in general ,paragraph    

7#d7 of section #ccai7;h7 of title #ch1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7#d7 ,death of        
transferor  7,a7 ,in general ,the death 
of an individual transferring an        
entitlement under this section shall not
 affect the use of the entitlement by   
the dependent to whom the entitlement is
 transferred4  7,b7 ,death prior to     
designation of transferee ,in the case  
of an eligible individual whom the      
,secretary has approved to transfer the 
individual's entitlement under this     
section who1 at the time of death1 is   
entitled to educational assistance under
 this chapter and has designated a      
transferee or transferees under         
subsection 7e7 but has not transferred  
all of such entitlement to such         
transferee or transferees1 the          
,secretary shall transfer the           
entitlement of the individual under this
 section by evenly distributing the     
amount of such entitlement between all  
such transferees1 notwithstanding the   

limitations under subsection 7f74  4    
7b7 ,applicability ,paragraph 7#d77;,b7 
of section #ccai7;h7 of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 shall apply with 
respect to an eligible individual who   
dies on or after ,november #a1 #bjah4