H.R. 6034

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6034 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6034

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional 
entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to certain veterans and 
members of the Armed Forces who require extra time to complete remedial 
and deficiency courses, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 12, 2025

Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional 
entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to certain veterans and 
members of the Armed Forces who require extra time to complete remedial 
and deficiency courses, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Education and Transfer 
Extension Act of 2025'' or the ``VET Extension Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Individuals who are entitled to educational assistance 
under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs who require remedial and 
deficiency courses exhaust their entitlement before completing 
a program of education with such assistance.
(2) Members of the Armed Forces who are entitled to 
educational assistance under such program and who do not have 
dependents while serving as members of the Armed Forces are not 
able to transfer their entitlement to such assistance when they 
come to have dependents.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN DURATION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM FOR COMPLETION OF REMEDIAL AND DEFICIENCY 
COURSES.

(a) In General.--Section 3312 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Increase for Pursuit of Remedial and Deficiency Courses.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of an individual who is 
eligible under paragraph (2), the number of months of 
educational assistance under section 3313 of this title to 
which the individual is entitled under this section is 
increased by the lesser of the following:
``(A) 15 months.
``(B) The number of months required to complete the 
remedial and deficiency courses necessary to complete 
the program of education the individual is pursuing on 
a full-time basis, as determined by the Secretary.
``(2) Eligibility.--For purposes of this section, an 
eligible individual is an individual who--
``(A) was entitled to educational assistance under 
section 3311 of this title but has used all of such 
individual's entitlement;
``(B) during the 180-day period preceding the date 
of the determination of eligibility under this 
subsection, used any of such entitlement; and
``(C) is pursuing the completion of a program of 
education at an institution of higher learning and--
``(i) has completed, or attempted to 
complete, a remedial or deficiency course 
necessary to complete such program of 
education; and
``(ii) requires more than the standard 120 
semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours for 
completion of such program of education.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) The term `institution of higher learning' has 
the meaning given such term in section 3452 of this 
title.
``(B) The term `remedial or deficiency course' 
means a course offered by an institution of higher 
learning that is designed to overcome a deficiency.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Title 38, United States Code, is 
further amended--
(1) in section 3312(a), by striking ``subsections (b) and 
(c)'' and inserting ``subsections (b), (c), and (d)''; and
(2) in section 3695, by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
``(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of an individual 
who is entitled to additional months of educational assistance under 
section 3312(d) of this title, the aggregate period for which such 
individual may receive assistance under two or more of the provisions 
of law referred to in such subsection may not exceed the sum of--
``(1) 48 months (or the part-time equivalent thereof), and
``(2) the number of months of entitlement received by such 
individual under section 3312(d) of this title.''.

SEC. 4. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POST-9/11 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
such subparagraphs appropriately;
(B) in the matter before subparagraph (A), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking ``An'' 
and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--An''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (2):
``(2) Timing of designation.--An individual who does not 
have an eligible dependent may elect to transfer a portion of 
the individual's entitlement to an unspecified future 
dependent. In the case of such an election, the individual 
shall make the designations required by paragraph (1) when the 
individual comes to have an eligible dependent to whom the 
individual would like to transfer entitlement under this 
section.''; and
(2) in subsection (f)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
(C) in paragraph (1)(A), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, including by 
designating a new dependent or dependents to whom to 
transfer the individual's entitlement'' before the 
period.
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