To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Expands the eligibility of certain commissioned officers of the Armed Forces for the basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6255 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6255

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
  basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2006

   Mr. Johnson of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the 
  basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Section 3011(c)(3) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31, 1976'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 1977''.
    (b) Time Period for Use of Entitlement.--Notwithstanding section 
3031 of such title, in the case of an individual who becomes entitled 
to educational assistance under chapter 30 of such title by reason of 
the amendment made by subsection (a), the time period during which that 
individual may use the individual's entitlement expires at the end of 
the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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