‘‘(ii) serves on active duty in the 
Armed Forces for one or more periods 
(whether continuous or otherwise) aggre-
gating not less than two years of service on 
active duty during a five-year period begin-
ning on the date the individual is first or-
dered to serve on active duty during the 
period referred to in clause (i);’’. 
(b) DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 3013(b) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘is entitled to’’ and all 
that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘is entitled to— 
‘‘(1) one month of educational assistance bene-
fits under this chapter— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an individual described 
in section 3012(a)(1)(A) of this title, for each 
month of continuous active duty served by such 
individual after June 30, 1985, as part of the 
obligated period of active duty on which such 
entitlement is based; 
‘‘(B) in the case of an individual described 
in 
section 
3012(a)(1)(B) 
or 
section 
3012(a)(1)(C) of this title, for each month of 
continuous active duty served by such individual 
after June 30, 1985; or
‘‘(C) in the case of an individual described 
in section 3012(a)(1)(D) of this title, for each 
month of active duty served by such individual 
after September 11, 2001, as part of the aggre-
gate period of active duty on which such entitle-
ment is based; and 
‘‘(2) one month of educational assistance bene-
fits under this chapter for each four months served 
by such individual in the Selected Reserve after the 
applicable date specified in paragraph (1) (other 
than any month in which the individual served on 
active duty).’’. 
(c) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 3015 of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in subsections (a)(1)(D) and (b)(1)(D), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(i)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) In the case of an individual entitled to an edu-
cational assistance allowance under section 3012(a)(1)(D) 
of this title, the amount of the basic educational assistance
allowance payable under this chapter is the amount deter-
mined under subsection (b) of this section.’’. 
(d) CONTRIBUTION.—Paragraph (1) of section 
3012(c) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or sub-
section (a)(1)(D)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’. 
(e) ELECTION TO OPT OUT.—Subsection (d)(1) of 
section 3012 of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(d)(1)’’; 
(2) by designating the last sentence as subpara-
graph (C); 
(3) in subparagraph (C), as so designated, by 
striking ‘‘such an election’’ and inserting ‘‘an elec-
tion under this paragraph’’; and 
(4) by inserting before subparagraph (C), as so 
designated, the following new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B) An individual described in subsection (a)(1)(D) 
may make an election not to receive educational assistance 
under this chapter. Any such election shall be made at 
the time the individual completes the aggregate period of 
active duty service required under such subsection.’’. 
(f) OUTREACH.—(1) The Secretaries concerned shall 
take actions to inform members of the Selected Reserve 
who are or may become entitled to basic educational as-
sistance benefits under chapter 30 of title 38, United 
States Code, as a result of section 3012(a)(1)(D) of such