I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2952 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize concurrent use of 
Department of Defense Tuition Assistance and Montgomery GI Bill- 
Selected Reserve benefits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2019 
Mr. RYAN (for himself, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. ARMSTRONG, and Mr. WELCH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize concur-
rent use of Department of Defense Tuition Assistance 
and Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve benefits, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Montgomery GI Bill 
Parity Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONCURRENT USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
TUITION ASSISTANCE AND MONTGOMERY GI 
BILL-SELECTED RESERVE BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16131 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(k)(1) In the case of an individual entitled to edu-
cational assistance under this chapter who is pursuing 
education or training described in subsection (a) or (c) of 
section 2007 of this title, the Secretary shall, at the elec-
tion of the individual, pay the individual an educational 
assistance allowance to meet all or a portion of the charges 
of the educational institution for the education or training 
that are not paid by the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned under such subsection. 
‘‘(2)(A) The amount of the educational assistance al-
lowance payable to an individual under this subsection for 
a month shall be the amount of the educational assistance 
allowance to which the individual would be entitled for the 
month under subsection (b), (d), (e), or (f). 
‘‘(B) The number of months of entitlement charged 
under this chapter in the case of an individual who has 
been paid an educational assistance allowance under this 
subsection shall be equal to the number (including any 
fraction) determined by dividing the total amount of such 
educational assistance allowance paid the individual by the 
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full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assist-
ance which such individual would otherwise be paid under 
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(1), 
subsection (d), subsection (e), or subsection (f), as the 
case may be.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2007(d) 
of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or chapter 
1606 of this title’’ after ‘‘of title 38’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in the case 
of educational assistance under chapter 30 of such 
title, and section 16131(k), in the case of edu-
cational assistance under chapter 1606 of this title’’ 
before the period at the end. 
Æ 
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