,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gijh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1          
#bjbf,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia        
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 an additional #cf months 
of entitlement to educational assistance
 for individuals who serve #bj or more  
years in the ,armed ,forces1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the #bj-,year     
,promise ,act4  #b4 ,additional months  
of entitlement to educational assistance
  7a7 ,additional months of entitlement 
,section #ccab of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7a71 by striking 7b7 and 7c7 
and inserting 7b71 7c71 and 7d72 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7d7 ,additional months 
of entitlement for certain individuals  
,notwithstanding section #cfie of this  

title1 an individual entitled to        
educational assistance under this       
chapter who serves an aggregate of #bj  
or more years in the ,armed ,forces1    
without regard to duty status1 is       
entitled to a number of months of       
educational assistance under section    
#ccac of this title equal to #gb months4
  4  7b7 ,transfer of additional months 
of entitlement ,subsection 7d7 of       
section #ccai of such title is amended  
by striking #cf months and inserting #gb
 months for an individual eligible for  
additional months of entitlement under  
section #ccab7;d7 of this title1 and #cf
 months for all other individuals4  7c7 
,limitation on period of assistance     
under two of more programs ,section     
#cfie of such title is amended by adding
 at the end the following new           
subsection3  7d7 ,the limitation in     
subsection 7a7 shall not apply to any   
individual eligible for additional      
months of entitlement under section     
#ccab7;d7 of this title4  4  7d7        

,applicability ,the amendments made by  
this ,act shall apply with respect to an
 individual who1 on or after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act1 completes  
an aggregate of #bj or more years of    
service in the ,armed ,forces1 without  
regard to--  7#a7 duty status2 or  7#b7 
when such individual joined the ,armed  
,forces4