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119-hr-6034119th CongressWALLET

VET Extension Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

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Summary

This bill would expand Post-9/11 educational benefits by granting extra months of educational assistance to complete remedial and deficiency coursework. It would also let service members without dependents reserve and later assign part of their transferability to new dependents.

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  • Veterans and student veterans who exhaust their Post-9/11 entitlement while taking remedial or deficiency courses could receive extra months equal to the lesser of 15 months or the time needed to finish those courses, as determined by the Secretary. To qualify they must have used all their entitlement and need more than the standard 120 semester credit hours to complete their program.
  • Members of the Armed Forces without current dependents could designate an unspecified future dependent to receive a portion of their Post-9/11 entitlement and finalize the designation when they later have an eligible dependent.
  • The total period someone may receive assistance would be capped at 48 months plus any additional months granted for remedial or deficiency coursework under the bill.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More GI Bill months for remedial study

If enacted, some veterans and service members who ran out of Post-9/11 GI Bill time could get more months to finish remedial or deficiency classes. You would need to have used all your Post-9/11 entitlement and used some of it in the last 180 days. You must be in a college program that needs more than 120 semester credits (or 180 quarter credits) and have taken or tried a remedial/deficiency course. The extra time would be the lesser of 15 months or the months VA says you need to finish those remedial classes. Your total cap across education programs would be 48 months plus the extra months granted under this new rule.

Transfer GI Bill to future dependents

If enacted, you could elect now to transfer part of your Post-9/11 GI Bill to a future dependent, even if you do not have one yet. When you later have an eligible dependent, you would need to name who gets the benefit. You could also add a new dependent before an older designation expires. This would not add more months; it only makes the timing and naming rules more flexible.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

NV • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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