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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1136 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize concurrent use of 

Department of Defense Tuition Assistance and Montgomery GI BillSelected Reserve benefits, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize concurrent use of Department of Defense Tuition Assistance 

and Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve benefits, 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 ‘‘Montgomery GI Bill 

5 Parity Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONCURRENT USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 TUITION ASSISTANCE AND MONTGOMERY GI 

3 BILL-SELECTED RESERVE BENEFITS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16131 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(k)(1) In the case of an individual entitled to edu8 cational assistance under this chapter who is pursuing 

9 education or training described in subsection (a) or (c) of 

10 section 2007 of this title, the Secretary shall, at the elec11 tion of the individual, pay the individual an educational 

12 assistance allowance to meet all or a portion of the charges 

13 of the educational institution for the education or training 

14 that are not paid by the Secretary of the military depart15 ment concerned under such subsection. 

16 ‘‘(2)(A) The amount of the educational assistance al17 lowance payable to an individual under this subsection for 

18 a month shall be the amount of the educational assistance 

19 allowance to which the individual would be entitled for the 

20 month under subsection (b), (d), (e), or (f). 

21 ‘‘(B) The number of months of entitlement charged 

22 under this chapter in the case of an individual who has 

23 been paid an educational assistance allowance under this 

24 subsection shall be equal to the number (including any 

25 fraction) determined by dividing the total amount of such 

26 educational assistance allowance paid the individual by the 


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1 full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assist2 ance which such individual would otherwise be paid under 

3 subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(1), 

4 subsection (d), subsection (e), or subsection (f), as the 

5 case may be.’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2007(d) 

7 of such title is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or chapter 

9 1606 of this title’’ after ‘‘of title 38’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in the case 

11 of educational assistance under chapter 30 of such 

12 title, and section 16131(k), in the case of edu13 cational assistance under chapter 1606 of this title’’ 

14 before the period at the end. 

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