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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 790 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who |
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| 6 | 6 | | is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer |
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| 7 | 7 | | unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for |
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| 8 | 8 | | other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | EVIN(for himself and Mr. MURPHY) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an |
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| 16 | 16 | | individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Edu- |
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| 18 | 18 | | cational Assistance to a family member, and for other |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AWARDED PUR-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | PLE HEART TO TRANSFER UNUSED POST-9/11 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO A FAMILY 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | MEMBER. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 33 of 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | section 3319 the following new section: 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘§ 3319A. Authority for recipients of Purple Heart to 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational As-9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sistance to a family member 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall permit an 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | individual described in subsection (b) who is entitled to 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | educational assistance under this chapter to elect to trans-13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | fer to one or more of the dependents specified in sub-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | section (c) a portion of such individual’s entitlement to 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | such assistance, subject to the limitation under subsection 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d). 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(b) E |
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| 45 | 45 | | LIGIBLEINDIVIDUALS.—An individual re-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ferred to in subsection (a) is any veteran who is awarded, 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | after being discharged or release from service in the active 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | military, naval, air, or space service, the Purple Heart for 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | service in the Armed Forces occurring on or after Sep-22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tember 11, 2001. 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(c) E |
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| 52 | 52 | | LIGIBLEDEPENDENTS.— 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(1) T |
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| 54 | 54 | | RANSFER.—An individual approved to 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | transfer an entitlement to educational assistance 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | under this section may transfer the individual’s enti-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | tlement to an eligible dependent or a combination of 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | eligible dependents. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 63 | 63 | | EFINITION OF ELIGIBLE DEPENDENT .— 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligible 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | dependent’ has the meaning given the term ‘depend-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ent’ under subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I) of sec-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tion 1072(2) of title 10. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(d) L |
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| 69 | 69 | | IMITATION ONMONTHS OFTRANSFER.—The 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | total number of months of entitlement transferred by an 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | individual under this section may not exceed 36 months. 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(e) D |
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| 73 | 73 | | ESIGNATION OFTRANSFEREE.—An individual 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | transferring an entitlement to educational assistance 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | under this section shall— 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(1) designate the dependent or dependents to 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | whom such entitlement is being transferred; and 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(2) designate the number of months of such 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | entitlement to be transferred to each such depend-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ent. 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(f) R |
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| 82 | 82 | | EVOCATION ANDMODIFICATION.— 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(1) M |
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| 84 | 84 | | ODIFICATION OR REVOCATION .— 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 86 | 86 | | N GENERAL.—An individual trans-22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ferring entitlement under this section may mod-23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ify or revoke at any time the transfer of any 24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | unused portion of the entitlement so trans-1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ferred. 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(B) N |
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| 95 | 95 | | OTICE.—The modification or rev-3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ocation of the transfer of entitlement under this 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | paragraph shall be made by the submittal of 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | written notice of the action to the Secretary of 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense. 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 101 | 101 | | ROHIBITION ON TREATMENT OF TRANS -8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | FERRED ENTITLEMENT AS MARITAL PROPERTY .— 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Entitlement transferred under this section may not 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | be treated as marital property, or the asset of a 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | marital estate, subject to division in a divorce or 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | other civil proceeding. 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(g) C |
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| 108 | 108 | | OMMENCEMENT OF USE.—A dependent to 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | whom entitlement to educational assistance is transferred 15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | under this section may not commence the use of the trans-16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ferred entitlement, in the case of entitlement transferred 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | to a child, until either— 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(1) the completion by the child of the require-19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ments of a secondary school diploma (or equivalency 20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | certificate); or 21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(2) the attainment by the child of 18 years of 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | age. 23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(h) A |
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| 119 | 119 | | DDITIONALADMINISTRATIVEMATTERS.— 24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(1) USE.—The use of any entitlement to edu-1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | cational assistance transferred under this section 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | shall be charged against the entitlement of the indi-3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | vidual making the transfer at the rate of one month 4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | for each month of transferred entitlement that is 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | used. 6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ‘‘(2) N |
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| 130 | 130 | | ATURE OF TRANSFERRED ENTITLE -7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | MENT.—Except as provided under subsection (e)(2) 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | and subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), the recipient 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | of entitlement transferred under this section is enti-10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | tled to educational assistance under this chapter in 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | the same manner as the individual from whom the 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | entitlement was transferred. 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 138 | 138 | | ATE OF PAYMENT.—The monthly rate of 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | educational assistance payable to a dependent to 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | whom entitlement referred to in paragraph (2) is 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | transferred under this section shall be payable at the 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | same rate as such entitlement would otherwise be 18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | payable under this chapter to the individual making 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | the transfer. 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(4) D |
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| 146 | 146 | | EATH OF TRANSFEROR .— 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 148 | 148 | | N GENERAL.—The death of an indi-22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | vidual transferring an entitlement under this 23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | section shall not affect the use of the entitle-24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ment by the dependent to whom the entitlement 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | is transferred. 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 157 | 157 | | EATH PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO DES -3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | IGNATED TRANSFEREES .—(i) In the case of an 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | eligible individual whom the Secretary, in con-5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | sultation with the Secretary of Defense, has ap-6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | proved to transfer the individual’s entitlement 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | under this section who, at the time of death, is 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | entitled to educational assistance under this 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | chapter and has designated a transferee or 10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | transferees under subsection (e) but has not 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | transferred all of such entitlement to such 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | transferee or transferees, the Secretary shall 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | transfer the entitlement of the individual under 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | this section by evenly distributing the amount 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | of such entitlement between all such transferees 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | who would not be precluded from using some or 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | all of the transferred benefits due to the expira-18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | tion of time limitations found in paragraph (5) 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | of this subsection or section 3321 of this title, 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | notwithstanding the limitations under sub-21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | section (f). 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(ii) If a transferee cannot use all of the 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | transferred benefits under clause (i) because of 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | expiration of a time limitation, the unused ben-25 |
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| 183 | 183 | | efits will be distributed among the other des-1 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ignated transferees who would not be precluded 2 |
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| 185 | 185 | | from using some or all of the transferred bene-3 |
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| 186 | 186 | | fits due to expiration of time limitations found 4 |
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| 187 | 187 | | in paragraph (5) of this subsection or section 5 |
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| 188 | 188 | | 3321 of this title, unless or until there are no 6 |
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| 189 | 189 | | transferees who would not be precluded from 7 |
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| 190 | 190 | | using the transferred benefits because of expira-8 |
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| 191 | 191 | | tion of a time limitation. 9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(5) L |
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| 193 | 193 | | IMITATION ON AGE OF USE BY CHILD 10 |
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| 194 | 194 | | TRANSFEREES.— 11 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 196 | 196 | | N GENERAL.—A child to whom enti-12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | tlement is transferred under this section may 13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | use the benefits transferred without regard to 14 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the 15-year delimiting date specified in section 15 |
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| 200 | 200 | | 3321, but may not, except as provided in sub-16 |
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| 201 | 201 | | paragraph (B) or (C), use any benefits so 17 |
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| 202 | 202 | | transferred after attaining the age of 26 years. 18 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 204 | 204 | | RIMARY CAREGIVERS OF SERIOUSLY 19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | INJURED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | AND VETERANS.— 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 208 | 208 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (ii), in the case of a child who, before at-23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | taining the age of 26 years, is prevented 24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | from pursuing a chosen program of edu-25 |
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| 215 | 215 | | cation by reason of acting as the primary 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | provider of personal care services for a vet-2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | eran or member of the Armed Forces 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | under section 1720G(a), the child may use 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | the benefits beginning on the date specified 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | in clause (iii) for a period whose length is 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | specified in clause (iv). 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(ii) I |
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| 223 | 223 | | NAPPLICABILITY FOR REVOCA -8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | TION.—Clause (i) shall not apply with re-9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | spect to the period of an individual as a 10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | primary provider of personal care services 11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | if the period concludes with the revocation 12 |
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| 228 | 228 | | of the individual’s designation as such a 13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | primary provider under section 14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | 1720G(a)(7)(D). 15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ‘‘(iii) D |
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| 232 | 232 | | ATE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF 16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | USE.—The date specified in this clause for 17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the beginning of the use of benefits by a 18 |
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| 235 | 235 | | child under clause (i) is the later of— 19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ‘‘(I) the date on which the child 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ceases acting as the primary provider 21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | of personal care services for the vet-22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | eran or member concerned as de-23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | scribed in clause (i); 24 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(II) the date on which it is rea-1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | sonably feasible, as determined under 2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | regulations prescribed by the Sec-3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | retary, for the child to initiate or re-4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | sume the use of benefits; or 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ‘‘(III) the date on which the child 6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | attains the age of 26 years. 7 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(iv) L |
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| 252 | 252 | | ENGTH OF USE.—The length 8 |
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| 253 | 253 | | of the period specified in this clause for the 9 |
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| 254 | 254 | | use of benefits by a child under clause (i) 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | is the length equal to the length of the pe-11 |
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| 256 | 256 | | riod that— 12 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(I) begins on the date on which 13 |
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| 258 | 258 | | the child begins acting as the primary 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | provider of personal care services for 15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | the veteran or member concerned as 16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | described in clause (i); and 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(II) ends on the later of— 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ‘‘(aa) the date on which the 19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | child ceases acting as the pri-20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | mary provider of personal care 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | services for the veteran or mem-22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ber as described in clause (i); or 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(bb) the date on which it is 24 |
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| 274 | 274 | | resume the use of benefits. 2 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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| 276 | 276 | | MERGENCY SITUATIONS .—In any 3 |
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| 277 | 277 | | case in which the Secretary determines that an 4 |
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| 278 | 278 | | individual to whom entitlement is transferred 5 |
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| 279 | 279 | | under this section has been prevented from pur-6 |
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| 280 | 280 | | suing the individual’s chosen program of edu-7 |
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| 281 | 281 | | cation before the individual attains the age of 8 |
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| 282 | 282 | | 26 years because the educational institution or 9 |
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| 283 | 283 | | training establishment closed (temporarily or 10 |
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| 284 | 284 | | permanently) under an established policy based 11 |
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| 285 | 285 | | on an Executive order of the President or due 12 |
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| 286 | 286 | | to an emergency situation, the Secretary shall 13 |
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| 287 | 287 | | extend the period during which the individual 14 |
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| 288 | 288 | | may use such entitlement for a period equal to 15 |
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| 289 | 289 | | the number of months that the individual was 16 |
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| 290 | 290 | | so prevented from pursuing the program of 17 |
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| 291 | 291 | | education, as determined by the Secretary. 18 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(6) S |
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| 293 | 293 | | COPE OF USE BY TRANSFEREES .—The 19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | purposes for which a dependent to whom entitlement 20 |
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| 295 | 295 | | is transferred under this section may use such enti-21 |
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| 296 | 296 | | tlement shall include the pursuit and completion of 22 |
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| 297 | 297 | | the requirements of a secondary school diploma (or 23 |
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| 298 | 298 | | equivalency certificate). 24 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ‘‘(7) ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI -1 |
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| 303 | 303 | | SIONS.—The administrative provisions of this chap-2 |
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| 304 | 304 | | ter shall apply to the use of entitlement transferred 3 |
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| 305 | 305 | | under this section, except that the dependent to 4 |
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| 306 | 306 | | whom the entitlement is transferred shall be treated 5 |
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| 307 | 307 | | as the eligible individual for purposes of such provi-6 |
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| 308 | 308 | | sions. 7 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(i) O |
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| 310 | 310 | | VERPAYMENT.—In the event of an overpayment 8 |
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| 311 | 311 | | of educational assistance with respect to a dependent to 9 |
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| 312 | 312 | | whom entitlement is transferred under this section, the de-10 |
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| 313 | 313 | | pendent and the individual making the transfer shall be 11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | jointly and severally liable to the United States for the 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | amount of the overpayment for purposes of section 3685. 13 |
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| 317 | 317 | | EGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary shall, in con-14 |
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| 318 | 318 | | sultation with the Secretary of Defense, prescribe regula-15 |
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| 319 | 319 | | tions for purposes of this section. 16 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘(2) Such regulations shall specify— 17 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(A) the manner of authorizing the transfer of 18 |
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| 322 | 322 | | entitlements under this section; 19 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(B) the eligibility criteria in accordance with 20 |
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| 324 | 324 | | subsection (b); and 21 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(C) the manner and effect of an election to 22 |
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| 326 | 326 | | modify or revoke a transfer of entitlement under 23 |
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| 327 | 327 | | subsection (f)(2). 24 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ‘‘(k) TRANSFER BYDEPENDENT.—In the case of an 1 |
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| 332 | 332 | | individual who transfers entitlement to educational assist-2 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ance under this section who dies before the dependent to 3 |
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| 334 | 334 | | whom entitlement to educational assistance is so trans-4 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ferred has used all of such entitlement, such dependent 5 |
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| 336 | 336 | | may transfer such entitlement to another eligible depend-6 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ent in accordance with the provisions of this section. 7 |
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| 339 | 339 | | OORDINATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-8 |
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| 340 | 340 | | fairs and the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with 9 |
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| 341 | 341 | | each other to facilitate the transfer of entitlement under 10 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ‘‘3319A. Authority for recipients of Purple Heart to transfer unused Post-9/11 |
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| 349 | 349 | | Educational Assistance to a family member.’’. |
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