[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 172 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS FOR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Madam Speaker, I rise to congratulate National Guardsmen 
all across America on the passage of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 
Assistance Improvements Act, which the President will sign into law 
later this week. Legislation that I introduced in the House last year 
to allow National Guardsmen to use their title 32 service--which 
includes homeland security troop support and disaster relief--to 
qualify for post-9/11 GI Bill benefits is included in the bill we sent 
to the President last week. Under this bill, 130,000 National Guardsmen 
who have helped to protect our citizens here at home will now be able 
to qualify for the GI Bill's many education benefits.
  The heroes in America's National Guard, including the 20,000 soldiers 
and airmen in the Pennsylvania National Guard, provide invaluable 
service to our country during times of crisis; and thanks to this bill, 
they too will benefit from the landmark legislation signed into law in 
2008.
  I stand today to thank America's National Guard for their service and 
let them know our work is not done in honoring their commitment to our 
safety and security.

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