at the rate prescribed in section 3332(c)(4)(A) of this 
title. 
‘‘(c) WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—(1) Each member 
who becomes entitled to educational assistance under sub-
section (a) shall be given a statement in writing prior to 
release from active service that summarizes the provisions 
of this subchapter and stating clearly and prominently the 
substance of section 3335 of this title as such section may 
apply to the member. 
‘‘(2) At the request of the Secretary, the Secretary 
concerned shall transmit a notice of entitlement for each 
such member to the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) BAR FROM DUAL ELIGIBILITY.—A member who 
qualifies for educational assistance under this subchapter 
may not receive credit for such service under both the pro-
gram established by chapter 30 of this title and the pro-
gram established by this subchapter but shall make an ir-
revocable election (in such form and manner as the Sec-
retary may prescribe) as to the program to which such 
service is to be credited. 
‘‘(e) BAR FROM DUPLICATION OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE ALLOWANCE.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), an individual entitled to educational assistance 
under this subchapter who is also eligible for educational 
assistance under subchapter I of this chapter, chapter 30, 
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31, 32, or 35 of this title, or under the Hostage Relief 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–449; 5 U.S.C. 5561 note) 
may not receive assistance under more than one such pro-
grams and shall elect (in such form and manner as the 
Secretary may prescribe) under which program the mem-
ber elects to receive educational assistance. 
‘‘(2) The restriction on duplication of educational as-
sistance under paragraph (1) does not apply to the entitle-
ment of educational assistance under section 3301(i) of 
this title. 
‘‘§ 3334. Time limitation for use of entitlement 
‘‘(a) DURATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), a member remains entitled to edu-
cational assistance under this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) while the member is serving— 
‘‘(A) in the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
Reserve, in the case of a member called or or-
dered to active service while serving in the Se-
lected Reserve; or 
‘‘(B) in the Ready Reserve, in the case of 
a member ordered to active duty while serving 
in the Ready Reserve (other than the Selected 
Reserve); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a person who separates from 
the Ready Reserve upon the completion of a service 
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contract under other than dishonorable conditions 
and, if applicable, the fulfillment of an existing mili-
tary service obligation in accordance with section 
651 of title 10, during the ten-year period that be-
gins on the date on which the member separates 
from the Ready Reserve. 
‘‘(b) DURATION OF ENTITLEMENT FOR DISABLED 
MEMBERS.—(1) In the case of a person who is separated 
from the Ready Reserve 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 subchapter, 
such person’s entitlement to educational assistance expires 
at the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date 
on which such person became entitled to such assistance. 
‘‘(2) The provisions of subsections (d) and (f) of sec-
tion 3031 of this title shall apply to the period of entitle-
ment prescribed by paragraph (1). 
‘‘§ 3335. Termination of assistance 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), educational assistance may not be provided under this 
subchapter, or if being provided under this subchapter, 
shall be terminated— 
‘‘(1) if the member is receiving financial assist-
ance under section 2107 of title 10 as a member of 
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the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps pro-
gram; or 
‘‘(2) when the member separates from the 
Ready Reserve, as provided for under section 
3334(a)(1) or section 3334(a)(2), as applicable, of 
this title. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, educational assistance may be 
provided under this subchapter to a member of the Se-
lected Reserve of the Ready Reserve who incurs a break 
in service in the Selected Reserve of not more than 90 
days if the member continues to serve in the Ready Re-
serve during and after such break in service. 
‘‘§ 3336. Administration of program 
‘‘(a) 
ADMINISTRATION.—Educational 
assistance 
under this subchapter shall be provided through the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, under agreements to be en-
tered into by the Secretary of Defense, and by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, with the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs. Such agreements shall include administra-
tive procedures to ensure the prompt and timely transfer 
of funds from the Secretary concerned to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for the making of payments under this 
subchapter. 
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‘‘(b) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this subchapter, the provisions of sections 503, 
511, 3470, 3471, 3474, 3476, 3482(g), 3483, and 3485 
of this title and the provisions of subchapters I and II 
of chapter 36 of such title (with the exception of sections 
3686(a), 3687, and 3692) shall be applicable to the provi-
sion of educational assistance under this subchapter. The 
term ‘eligible veteran’ and the term ‘person’, as used in 
those provisions, shall be deemed for the purpose of the 
application of those provisions to this subchapter to refer 
to a person eligible for educational assistance under this 
subchapter. 
‘‘(c) FLIGHT TRAINING.—The Secretary may ap-
prove the pursuit of flight training (in addition to a course 
of flight training that may be approved under section 
3680A(b) of this title) by an individual entitled to edu-
cational assistance under this subchapter if— 
‘‘(1) such training is generally accepted as nec-
essary for the attainment of a recognized vocational 
objective in the field of aviation; 
‘‘(2) the individual possesses a valid private 
pilot certificate and meets, on the day the member 
begins a course of flight training, the medical re-
quirements necessary for a commercial pilot certifi-
cate; and 
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‘‘(3) the flight school courses meet Federal 
Aviation Administration standards for such courses 
and are approved by the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration and the State approving agency. 
‘‘(d) TRUST FUND.—Amounts for payments for bene-
fits under this subchapter shall be derived from the De-
partment of Defense Education Benefits Fund under sec-
tion 2006 of title 10.’’. 
(b) BAR ON DUAL ELIGIBILITY.—Section 3681 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘chapter 30’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘subchapter I of chapter 33, subchapter 
II of chapter 33,’’ ; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘106 or 107 of title 10, 
or’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Chapters 
106 and 107 of title 10’’ and inserting: ‘‘Sub-
chapters I and II of chapter 33 of this title’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SUBTITLE A OF TITLE 10.—The table of 
chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to chapter 106. 
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(2) SUBTITLE E OF TITLE 10.—The table of 
chapters at the beginning of subtitle E of such title 
is amended by striking the items relating to chapters 
1606 and 1607. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE 38.—Title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘chapter 1606 of title 10’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subchapter 
I of chapter 33 of this title’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘chapter 106 of title 10’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subchapter 
I of chapter 33 of this title’’; 
(C) in section 3695(a)(5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, 1606, 1607,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period at 
the end the following ‘‘and subchapter I 
and II of chapter 33 of this title’’; 
(2) TITLE 10.—Title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in sections 510(h), 2006, and by striking 
‘‘chapter 1606 of this title’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 
38’’. 
(3) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
ACT OF 1965.—Section 2304(g) of the Elementary 
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and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6674(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘chapter 30 of title 
38 or chapter 1606 of title 10’’ and inserting ‘‘chap-
ter 30 or 33 of title 38’’. 
(4) CONFORMING
REPEALS.—Chapters 106, 
1606, and 1607 of title 10, United States Code, are 
repealed. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect on the date that is one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to payments of educational assistance made on or 
after that date. 
Æ 
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