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statement in writing summarizing the provisions of this 
subchapter and stating clearly and prominently the sub-
stance of sections 3304 and 3305 of this title as such sec-
tions may apply to the person. At the request of the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense shall 
transmit a notice of entitlement for each such person to 
that Secretary. 
‘‘(d) BAR FROM DUAL ELIGIBILITY.—A person who 
serves in the Selected Reserve may not receive credit for 
such service under both the program established by chap-
ter 30 of this title and the program established by this 
subchapter but shall elect (in such form and manner as 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may prescribe) the pro-
gram to which such service is to be credited. However, 
a person may not receive credit under the program estab-
lished by this subchapter for service (in any grade) on full- 
time active duty or full-time National Guard duty for the 
purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instruct-
ing, or training the reserve components in a position which 
is included in the end strength required to be authorized 
each year by section 115(a)(1)(B) of title 10. 
‘‘§ 3303. Time limitation for use of entitlement 
‘‘(a) TIME LIMITATION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the period during which a person entitled to 
educational assistance under this subchapter may use such
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person’s entitlement expires: (1) at the end of the 14-year 
period beginning on the date on which such person be-
comes entitled to such assistance; or (2) on the date the 
person is separated from the Selected Reserve, whichever 
occurs first. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) In the case of a person— 
‘‘(A) who is separated from the Selected Re-
serve because of a disability which was not the result 
of the individual’s own willful misconduct incurred 
on or after the date on which such person became 
entitled to educational assistance under this sub-
chapter; or 
‘‘(B) who, on or after the date on which such 
person became entitled to educational assistance 
under this subchapter ceases to be a member of the 
Selected Reserve during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 1991, and ending on December 31, 2001, 
by reason of the inactivation of the person’s unit of 
assignment or by reason of involuntarily ceasing to 
be designated as a member of the Selected Reserve 
pursuant to section 10143(a) of title 10, 
the period for using entitlement prescribed by subsection 
(a) shall be determined without regard to clause (2) of 
such subsection.
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‘‘(2) The provisions of section 3031(f) of this title 
shall apply to the period of entitlement prescribed by sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(3) The provisions of section 3031(d) of this title 
shall apply to the period of entitlement prescribed by sub-
section (a) in the case of a disability incurred in or aggra-
vated by service in the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘(4) In the case of a member of the Selected Reserve 
of the Ready Reserve who serves on active duty pursuant 
to an order to active duty issued under section 12301(a), 
12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of title 10— 
‘‘(A) the period of such active duty service plus 
four months shall not be considered in determining 
the expiration date applicable to such member under 
subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) the member may not be considered to 
have been separated from the Selected Reserve for 
the purposes of clause (2) of such subsection by rea-
son of the commencement of such active duty serv-
ice. 
‘‘§ 3304. Termination of assistance 
‘‘Educational assistance may not be provided under 
this subchapter—
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‘‘(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, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a member of the Se-
lected Reserve of an armed force who does not participate 
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 repayment requirements pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that are 
similar to the repayment provisions under section 
303a(e) of title 37.