[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3882 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3882

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the length of the 
   obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving 
 certain education benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2007

    Mr. Walz of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. 
 Peterson of Minnesota, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. 
 Bachmann, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Boswell, 
Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. Latham) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the length of the 
   obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving 
 certain education benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. OBLIGATED PERIOD OF SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY REQUIRED FOR 
              RECEIPT OF CERTAIN EDUCATION BENEFITS ADMINISTERED BY 
              SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Length of Period.--Section 3011 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``an obligated 
        period of service of two years'' and inserting ``an obligated 
        period of service of less than three years'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``two years of''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting before the period 
        the following: ``, unless the individual completed at least 20 
        months of continuous service on active duty''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 3012(c)(2) of such title is 
amended by striking ``two years of''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to education or training pursued on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act by an individual who, on or after September 11, 
2001, begins serving the obligated period of active duty described in 
section 3011(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 38, United States Code, as amended 
by subsection (a)(1).
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