S342Referred to Committee
Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-30
Introduced
13
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Patty Murray
Democrat · WA · Senator
Votes with party: 69.3% (296 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (13)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)Original· 2025-01-30
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)Original· 2025-01-30
- John Boozman (R-AR)Original· 2025-01-30
- John Cornyn (R-TX)Original· 2025-01-30
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Original· 2025-01-30
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)Original· 2025-01-30
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)Original· 2025-01-30
- Rick Scott (R-FL)Original· 2025-01-30
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)Original· 2025-01-30
- Steve Daines (R-MT)Original· 2025-01-30
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)Original· 2025-01-30
- John Hoeven (R-ND)· 2025-09-11
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)· 2025-09-11
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2026-03-18
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2026-03-18
Previously
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-18
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2025-12-10
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHearings By (full committee) · 2025-12-10
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-30
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-01-30
Plain-English Summary
Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025 This bill authorizes certain Purple Heart recipients to elect to transfer to one or more eligible dependents (e.g., a spouse or child) unused portions of such recipients’ entitlement to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance. This authority specifically applies to veterans who are awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces occurring on or after September 11, 2001, and who have been discharged or released from active service. Under the bill, the total number of months of entitlement transferred by a Purple Heart recipient may not exceed 36 months. Additionally, the Purple Heart recipient may modify or revoke any unused portion of the transferred entitlement by submitting written notice. A transferred entitlement may not be treated as marital property or marital assets in divorce or other civil proceedings. The death of the Purple Heart recipient must not affect the use of the entitlement by the individual who receives the transferred entitlement. In the event of an overpayment of educational assistance, the Purple Heart recipient and the transferee of the entitlement must be held jointly and severally liable for the amount. The bill requires the VA and DOD to coordinate to facilitate the transfer of entitlements under the bill.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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