‘‘(i) INCREASED RATE OF ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS 
WITH CERTAIN SKILLS.—(1) In the case of a person who 
has a skill or specialty designated by the Secretary of De-
fense as a skill or specialty in which there is a critical 
shortage of personnel or for which it is difficult to recruit 
or, in the case of critical units, retain personnel, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs may increase the rate of the 
educational assistance allowance applicable to that person 
to such rate in excess of the rate prescribed under sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(1) as the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of De-
fense jointly consider appropriate, but the amount of any 
such increase may not exceed $350 per month. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a person who has a skill or spe-
cialty designated by the Secretary of Defense as a skill 
or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of per-
sonnel or for which it is difficult to recruit or, in the case 
of critical units, retain personnel, who is eligible for edu-
cational benefits under chapter 30 (other than section 
3012) of this title and who meets the eligibility criteria 
specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
3302(a)(1) of this title, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may increase the rate of the educational assistance allow-
ance applicable to that person to such rate in excess of 
the rate prescribed under section 3015 of this title as the 
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of De-
fense jointly consider appropriate, but the amount of any 
such increase may not exceed $350 per month. 
‘‘(3) The authority provided by paragraphs (1) and 
(2) shall be exercised by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
under regulations prescribed jointly by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(j) CONTINUATION
OF
ENTITLEMENT
DURING 
QUARTER OR SEMESTER OF EXHAUSTION.—The provi-
sions of section 3031(f) of this title shall apply to the pe-
riod of entitlement of a person to educational assistance 
under this subchapter. 
‘‘§ 3304. Termination of assistance 
‘‘Educational assistance may not be provided under 
this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) to a member receiving financial assistance 
under section 2107 of title 10 as a member of the 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program; or 
‘‘(2) to a member who fails to participate satis-
factorily in required training as a member of the Se-
lected Reserve. 
‘‘§ 3305. Failure to participate satisfactorily; penalties 
‘‘(a) PENALTIES.—At the option of the Secretary of 
the military department concerned, a member of the Se-
lected Reserve of an Armed Force who does not participate 
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satisfactorily in required training as a member of the Se-
lected Reserve during a term of enlistment or other period 
of obligated service that created entitlement of the mem-
ber to educational assistance under this subchapter, and 
during which the member has received such assistance, 
may— 
‘‘(1) be ordered to active duty for a period of 
two years or the period of obligated service the per-
son has remaining under section 3302 of this title, 
whichever is less; or 
‘‘(2) be subject to the repayment provisions 
under section 303a(e) of title 37. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT
OF
REPAYMENT.—Any repayment 
under section 303a(e) of title 37 shall not affect the period 
of obligation of a member to serve as a Reserve in the 
Selected Reserve. 
‘‘§ 3306. Reports to Congress 
‘‘(a) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—(1) The Secretary shall 
submit to Congress, not later than March 1 of each odd- 
numbered year, a report on the operation of the edu-
cational assistance program carried out under this sub-
chapter during the preceding two fiscal years. 
‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include 
the number of members of the Selected Reserve of the 
Ready Reserve of each Armed Force receiving, and the 
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