; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (1) in the case of an individual whose last discharge or release from active duty is before January, 1, 2013, expires at the end of the 15-year period beginning on the date of such discharge or release; or (2) in the case of an individual whose last discharge or release from active duty is on or after January 1, 2013, shall not expire. . (b) Children of deceased members Subsection (b)(4) of such section is amended— (1) by inserting of this title after 3311(b)(9) ; (2) by striking child’s entitlement and all that follows through the period and inserting child’s entitlement— ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (A) in the case of a child who first becomes entitled to such entitlement before January 1, 2013, expires at the end of the 15-year period beginning on the date of such child’s eighteenth birthday; or (B) in the case of a child who first becomes entitled to such entitlement on or after January 1, 2013, shall not expire. . (c) Spouses of deceased members Subsection (b) of such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Applicability to spouses of deceased members The period during which a spouse entitled to educational assistance by reason of section 3311(b)(9) may use such spouse’s entitlement— (A) in the case of a spouse who first becomes entitled to such entitlement before January 1, 2013, expires at the end of the 15-year period beginning on the date on which the spouse first becomes entitled to such entitlement