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US SB342

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Patty Murray

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Veterans awarded the Purple Heart for service on or after September 11, 2001 may transfer up to 36 months of unused Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to eligible dependents (spouse or children)
  • Eligible veterans must have received the Purple Heart after being discharged or released from active military service
  • Child transferees may use benefits until age 26, with extensions available for those serving as primary caregivers for seriously injured veterans or during emergency school closures
  • Veterans may modify or revoke transfers at any time, and transferred benefits cannot be treated as marital property subject to division in divorce proceedings
  • If the veteran dies before transferring all designated benefits, the Secretary will evenly distribute remaining entitlement among designated transferees; dependents may also transfer unused benefits to other eligible dependents

Legislative Description

Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025

Armed forces and national security

Last Action

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

3/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Veterans' Affairs1/30/2025

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