[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3873 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3873
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-
9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who
perform certain full-time duty, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2024
Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-
9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who
perform certain full-time duty, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act
of 2024''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORM CERTAIN
FULL-TIME DUTY.
(a) In General.--Section 3301(1) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
``(B) In the case of members of the reserve
components of the Armed Forces--
``(i) service on active duty (as defined in
section 101(d) of title 10), inactive-duty
training (as defined in section 101(d) of title
10), or annual training duty; or
``(ii) service on active duty under a call
or order to active duty under section 688,
12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12301(h), 12302,
12304, 12304a, or 12304b of title 10 or section
3713 of title 14, but not including inactive
duty training (as defined in section 101(d) of
title 10) or annual training duty.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``; or'' and
inserting a semicolon; and
(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the
following new clauses:
``(ii) in the National Guard when
performing full-time National Guard duty (as
defined in section 101 of title 32); or
``(iii) in the National Guard when
performing active duty (as defined in section
101 of title 32).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) Retroactive Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall apply with respect to service performed on or after September
11, 2001.
(d) Application of Time Limitation for Use of Entitlement.--Section
3321(a) of title 38, United States Code, shall apply to entitlement to
educational assistance acquired as a result of the amendments made by
subsection (a) as if such amendments had been enacted immediately after
the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of
2008 (Public Law 110-252).
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