• Current Benefit Rule Falls Short: Under DoD policy, if a service member retires or receives an honorable discharge before adding dependents, they forfeit the right to transfer GI Bill benefits. Many who start families later lose eligibility through no fault of their own.
• Unfair Consequence: Service members who accumulated years of honorable service are penalized if life circumstances change after leaving active duty.
   

How This Will Fix The Problem:

• Ensures no penalty for growing a family later in one’s military career
• Parents worry that they can't support their future children’s education, undermining the value of earned benefits.
• Recruitment & Retention: Knowing benefits can be transferred at any point—even post-service—gives confidence to recruits and encourages longer service commitments 

Core Provision

Allows eligible service members and veterans to transfer their GI Bill education benefits at any time—even if children are born or adopted after active duty ends