Safeguarding Department of Veterans Affairs Dependent Education Benefits Act of 2025

This bill would let military officials restore Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits that a service member had transferred to a spouse or child, when those benefits ended because the service member was discharged for abusing that spouse or child. The spouse or child would need to apply and show they were the victim of the abuse that led to the discharge. Restored benefits could not exceed the unused portion left at the time of discharge. Denied applicants could ask the Secretary of Defense or Homeland Security to review the denial, with a response due within 30 days. The Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, working with Veterans Affairs, would write rules listing which crimes count as abuse offenses.

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Sponsors

• Angus S. King, Jr. Independent sponsor
• 1 cosponsors