[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5826 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5826

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of 
   active duty for purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
   Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain 
                     service in the National Guard.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2010

Mr. Altmire (for himself and Mr. Platts) 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 expand the definition of 
   active duty for purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
   Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain 
                     service in the National Guard.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ACTIVE DUTY FOR PURPOSES OF POST-
              9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE SERVICE IN NATIONAL GUARD FOR 
              CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    Section 3301(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) In the case of a member of the Army National 
                Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the 
                United States, in addition to service described in 
                subparagraph (B), full-time service--
                            ``(i) in the National Guard of a State for 
                        the purpose of organizing, administering, 
                        recruiting, instructing, or training the 
                        National Guard; or
                            ``(ii) in the National Guard under section 
                        502(f) of title 32 when authorized by the 
                        President or Secretary of Defense for the 
                        purpose of responding to a national emergency 
                        declared by the President and supported by 
                        Federal funds.''.
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