S 342 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025

This bill allows Purple Heart veterans who served after September 11, 2001, to transfer unused Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members. Specifically, veterans can transfer up to 36 months of benefits to eligible dependents (like spouses or children) without affecting their own remaining benefits. It sets rules for when dependents can use transferred benefits - children must complete high school or turn 18 first, and benefits expire by age 26 unless used for caregiving or due to school closures. The bill also ensures transferred benefits aren’t treated as marital property and includes special provisions for caregivers of injured veterans or emergency school closures.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2026
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4
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Dec 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors

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