1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Education Flexibility Act . 2. Findings and purposes (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to the National Survey of Veterans, Active Duty Service Members, Demobilized National Guard and Reserve Members, Family Members, and Surviving Spouses Final Report , commissioned by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 2010, 20.6 percent of eligible veterans—approximately 2,621,753 veterans—were unable to use their GI bill educational benefits because their period of eligibility expired. (2) The time limitations for using GI bill educational benefits do not reflect the realities of the modern economy of the United States. After leaving the service, many veterans postpone further education to join the workforce and support their families or are faced with lengthy rehabilitations from service-related injuries. (3) Access to education and job retraining has proved the arbiter of success in today’s economy, and if the United States is to lower the unemployment rate among the veteran population, the United States must provide veterans unfettered access to educational benefits. (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to remove the delimiting dates and retroactively restore the Department of Veterans Affairs Educational benefits within the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program (VEAP), Montgomery GI Bill–Active Duty (MGIB–AD), and Post-9/11 GI Bill. 3. Elimination of time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance (a) Montgomery GI Bill–Active Duty (1) In general Section 3031 of chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 3031. Extension of entitlement to educational assistance expiring during a quarter or semester or after a major portion of a course is complete (a) Educational institutions operating on quarter or semester system If an individual eligible for educational assistance under this chapter is enrolled under this chapter in an educational institution regularly