I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1969 
To exempt from payment of individual contributions under the Montgomery 
GI Bill enlisted members of the Armed Forces in pay grade E–5 or 
below and to provide an opportunity for members of the Armed Forces 
serving on active duty to withdraw an election not to enroll in education 
benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2007 
Mr. TERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To exempt from payment of individual contributions under 
the Montgomery GI Bill enlisted members of the Armed 
Forces in pay grade E–5 or below and to provide an 
opportunity for members of the Armed Forces serving 
on active duty to withdraw an election not to enroll 
in education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Montgomery G.I. Bill 
Improvement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CON-
TRIBUTIONS UNDER MONTGOMERY GI BILL 
OF CERTAIN ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
Section 3011(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (4)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of an individual covered by para-
graph (1) who is an enlisted member of the Armed Forces 
in pay grade E–5 or below, the basic pay of the individual 
shall not be reduced under paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 3. OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS 
ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO WITHDRAW ELECTION NOT TO 
ENROLL IN MONTGOMERY GI BILL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3018 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsection (d) and (e), respectively; 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, during the one-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, an individual who is 
serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces 
on the date of the enactment of this subsection shall have 
the opportunity, on such form as the Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe, to withdraw an election under section 
3011(c)(1) of this title not to receive education assistance 
under this chapter. 
‘‘(2) An individual described paragraph (1) who made 
an election under section 3011(c)(1) of this title and 
who— 
‘‘(A) while serving on active duty during the 
one-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection makes a withdrawal of such 
election; 
‘‘(B) continues to serve the period of service 
which such individual was obligated to serve; 
‘‘(C) serves the obligated period of service de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) or before completing 
such obligated period of service is described by sub-
section (b)(3)(B); and 
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‘‘(D) meets the requirements set forth in para-
graphs (4) and (5) of subsection (b), 
is entitled to basic educational assistance under this chap-
ter.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘or (c)(2)(A) (other than an individual cov-
ered by section 3011(b)(4) of this title)’’ after 
‘‘(b)(1)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘or (c)(2)(A)’’ after ‘‘(b)(1)’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to each individual who is serving 
on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces on the 
date of the enactment of this subsection notice of the op-
portunity to withdraw an election under section 
3011(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, not to receive 
education assistance under chapter 30 of such title. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur-
ther 
amended 
in 
sections 
3013(c)(2)(A) 
and 
3017(b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘3018(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘3018(d)’’. 
Æ 
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