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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7543 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. KIM of 

New Jersey, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. SABLAN, 

Mr. MRVAN, and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guard and Reserve 

5 GI Bill Parity Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDU2 CATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE 

3 NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORM CERTAIN 

4 FULL-TIME DUTY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3301(1) of title 38, 

6 United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 

8 follows: 

9 ‘‘(B) In the case of members of the reserve 

10 components of the Armed Forces— 

11 ‘‘(i) service on active duty (as defined 

12 in section 101(d) of title 10), inactive-duty 

13 training (as defined in section 101(d) of 

14 title 10), or annual training duty; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) service on active duty under a 

16 call or order to active duty under section 

17 688, 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 

18 12301(h), 12302, 12304, 12304a, or 

19 12304b of title 10 or section 3713 of title 

20 14, but not including inactive duty training 

21 (as defined in section 101(d) of title 10) or 

22 annual training duty.’’; and 

23 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

24 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in25 serting a semicolon; and 


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1 (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

2 following new clauses: 

3 ‘‘(ii) in the National Guard when per4 forming full-time National Guard duty (as 

5 defined in section 101 of title 32); or 

6 ‘‘(iii) in the National Guard when per7 forming active duty (as defined in section 

8 101 of title 32).’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one 

11 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (c) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—The amend13 ments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 

14 service performed on or after September 11, 2001. 

15 (d) APPLICATION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF

16 ENTITLEMENT.—Section 3321(a) of title 38, United 

17 States Code, shall apply to entitlement to educational as18 sistance acquired as a result of the amendments made by 

19 subsection (a) as if such amendments had been enacted 

20 immediately after the enactment of the Post-9/11 Vet21 erans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Public Law 

22 110–252). 

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