119-s649

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 649 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 649

 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

 February 20, 2025

 Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 2025''.

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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