[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 463 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 463

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the use of education 
    benefits under the Reserve Montgomery GI Bill for licensing or 
                          certification tests.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

  Mr. Evans introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the use of education 
    benefits under the Reserve Montgomery GI Bill for licensing or 
                          certification tests.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF RESERVE MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR 
              PAYMENT FOR LICENSING OR CERTIFICATION TESTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 16131 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of educational 
assistance payable under this chapter for a licensing or certification 
test described in section 3452(b) of title 38, is the lesser of $2,000 
or the fee charged for the test.
    ``(2) The number of months of entitlement charged in the case of 
any individual for such licensing or certification test is equal to the 
number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the total amount 
of educational assistance paid such individual for such test by the 
full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assistance which, 
but for paragraph (1), such individual would otherwise be paid under 
subsection (b).
    ``(3) In no event shall payment of educational assistance under 
this subsection for such a test exceed the amount of the individual's 
available entitlement under this chapter.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2005, and shall apply to tests administered 
on or after that date.
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