Introduce and support legislation to ensure servicemembers who have completed ten years of service can transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to dependents at any time, both while serving on active duty and as a veteran.

Senator Blumenthal introduced the Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability Entitlement Act to ensure servicemembers who have completed ten years of service can transfer their benefits to dependents at any time, both while serving on active duty and as a veteran.

Blumenthal commits to advancing legislation allowing long-serving servicemembers to transfer GI Bill benefits to dependents regardless of their service status.

Blumenthal Introduces Bill to Bolster GI Bill Benefits for Veterans & Their Families
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Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced the Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability Entitlement Act to ensure servicemembers who have completed ten years of service can transfer their benefits to dependents at any time, both while serving on active duty and as a veteran.

Blumenthal introduced legislation to allow servicemembers with ten years of service to transfer GI Bill benefits to dependents at any time.

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Blumenthal Introduces Bill to Bolster GI Bill Benefits for Veterans & Their Families
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Blumenthal's office says he recently introduced the Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability Entitlement Act for 10-year servicemembers and veterans.

This directly supports that Blumenthal introduced and supported legislation matching the promised GI Bill transferability policy during his 2023-2029 Senate term.

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Blumenthal Introduces Bill to Bolster GI Bill Benefits for Veterans & Their Families
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The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee release says Blumenthal's bill would let Post-9/11 veterans transfer benefits during active duty or as veterans.

Committee documentation corroborates the bill introduction and its aim to cover both active-duty servicemembers and veterans who completed ten years of service.

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Blumenthal Introduces Bill to Bolster GI Bill Benefits for Veterans & Their Families
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Congress.gov shows a same-congress House bill adding separated members, a 10-year service path, and replacing active-service-only transfer with at any time.

The House bill text reflects the same policy design, but Congress.gov lists the bill as Introduced with latest action referred to subcommittee, not enacted.

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Text - H.R.4540 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Military Family GI Bill Promise Act
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Section 3319 still limits eligibility to a uniformed-services member and allows transfer only while serving, with narrow statutory exceptions.

The statutory text had not been amended to make transferability available at any time to veterans with ten years of service, supporting a non-enactment finding.

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38 USC 3319: Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members
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VA guidance requires active duty or Selected Reserve status, six years completed, four more years agreed, and requesting transfer while still active.

VA's current public guidance continues to describe the preexisting active-service transfer rule, not the promised veteran-at-any-time policy.

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Transfer Your Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits | Veterans Affairs
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CRS states that otherwise qualifying veterans who have retired or separated are generally ineligible to designate a transferee.

CRS confirms the underlying problem remained in law before Blumenthal's 2026 bill: most veterans could not initiate a dependent transfer after separation.

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Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability: Frequently Asked Questions
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