# 119-hr-790: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes.

119-hr-790, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-790
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Transfer unused Post-9/11 educational benefits to eligible dependents.** This bill lets Purple Heart recipients move unused Post-9/11 GI Bill entitlement to family members and sets who can receive, change, or inherit those months. - Veterans: Veterans awarded the Purple Heart for service on or after September 11, 2001 may elect to transfer portions of their Post-9/11 educational entitlement to one or more eligible dependents. The transferor names which dependent(s) get months and can modify or revoke the transfer at any time with written notice to the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense. - Dependents and children: Eligible dependents are those identified in 10 U.S.C. 1072(2) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I). Dependents generally cannot use transferred benefits until finishing secondary school or reaching age 18, child transferees are exempt from the usual 15-year limit but must stop using benefits by age 26, and primary caregivers of seriously injured members may get a limited extension tied to caregiving duties. - Families and administration: Transferred entitlement is not treated as marital property and overpayments are joint liabilities of the dependent and the transferor. If the transferor dies the VA redistributes usable months among designated transferees, and the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense will coordinate regulations and implementation.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Purple Heart veterans may transfer benefits: benefit, medium. If enacted, a veteran awarded the Purple Heart for service on or after Sept. 11, 2001 would be able to transfer some Post‑9/11 education months to eligible dependents. The total transferred months could not exceed 36 months.
- How to designate or change transfers: benefit, low. If enacted, the transferor would have to name which dependents get months and how many months each gets. The transferor could change or cancel any unused months by written notice to VA and the Defense Department. VA would write rules with DoD and treat the dependent as the eligible person for admin…
- Liability and divorce rules for transfers: mixed, medium. If enacted, both the dependent and the person who transferred months would be responsible to the U.S. for any overpayment on the dependent's benefits. The bill would also prohibit transferred entitlement from being treated as marital property or split in divorce.
- Using transferred Post-9/11 education months: mixed, medium. If enacted, each month a dependent uses would count as one month taken from the transferor's entitlement, and the dependent would get the same monthly payment rate the transferor would have received. A child could use transferred months without the usual 15‑year cutoff, but generally not after turn…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-790 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/790)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-790 (as of 2026-04-21).