,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjbd,mr4
 ,kean of ,new ,jersey 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,mc,garvey7 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 a         
limitation on the amount of entitlement 
to educational assistance payable for   
flight training under the ,post-#i_/aa  
,educational ,assistance ,program of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,veterans ,flight ,training        
,responsibility ,act of #bjbd4  #b4     
,limitation on amount of entitlement to 
educational assistance payable for      
flight training under ,post-#i_/aa      
,educational ,assistance ,program of    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,in general ,section #ccac of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--    
7#a7 in subsection 7g77#c77;,c71 by     

striking ,in the case and inserting     
,subject to the limitation under        
subsection 7m71 in the case2 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7m7 ,limitation on use of  
entitlement for flight training  7#a7   
,limitation ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of this chapter1 the maximum  
total amount payable under this chapter 
for flight training fees in the case of 
an individual pursuing a program of a   
flight training offered by a public     
institution of higher learning is       
#ajj1jjj1 as increased under paragraph  
7#b74  7#b7 ,annual percentage increase 
,with respect to any fiscal year1 the   
,secretary shall provide a percentage   
increase 7rounded to the nearest dollar7
 in the maximum amount of payable under 
paragraph 7#a71 equal to the percentage 
by which--  7,a7 the ,consumer ,price   
,index 7all items1 ,united ,states city 
average7 for the #ab-month period ending
 on the ,june #cj preceding the         
beginning of the fiscal year for which  

the increase is made1 exceeds  7,b7 the 
,consumer ,price ,index for the         
#ab-month period preceding the #ab-month
 period described in subparagraph 7,a74 
4  7b7 ,applicability ,the amendments   
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to an individual who first      
pursues a program of flight training on 
or after ,august #a1 #bjbe4