(c) EXCLUSION OF PERIOD OF SERVICE ON ACTIVE 
DUTY OF PERIODS OF SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH 
ATTENDANCE AT THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3311(d)(2) of such 
title is amended by inserting ‘‘or section 182 of title 
14’’ before the period at the end. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and apply with respect to a 
person who, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, has not been issued a certificate of eligibility by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for purposes of the 
educational assistance program under chapter 33 of 
title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE AND 
TYPES OF APPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDU-
CATION. 
(a) AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by inserting ‘‘at an institution of higher learn-
ing (as defined in section 3452(f) of this title) 
not including flight training, correspondence 
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courses, apprenticeship programs or on-job 
training’’ after ‘‘program of education’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by amending sub-
paragraph (A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) An amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) in the case that such institution 
is a public institution of higher learning, 
the established charges regularly charged 
in-State students for that program of edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case that such institution 
is a non-public or foreign institution of 
higher learning, the lesser of— 
‘‘(I) the established charges for 
the program of education; or 
‘‘(II) $17,300 for each academic 
year; or 
‘‘(iii) for the period beginning on Au-
gust 1, 2011, and ending August 1, 2015, 
in the case of a program of education pur-
sued by an eligible individual enrolled prior 
to August 1, 2011, at a nonpublic institu-
tion of higher learning that is— 
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‘‘(I) located in a State where the 
maximum 2010–11 tuition rate ex-
ceeded $700/credit hour; and 
‘‘(II) the annual amount of es-
tablished charges for that academic 
year is greater than $17,300, the less-
er of— 
‘‘(aa) 
the 
established 
charges for the program of edu-
cation; or 
‘‘(bb) the amount of estab-
lished charges payable to such el-
igible individual based on the 
‘Post-9/11 GI Bill 2010–2011 
Tuition and Fee In-State Maxi-
mums’ as published in the Fed-
eral Register on October 27, 
2010.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL INCREASE IN CERTAIN AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On August 1 of each year, 
the Secretary shall provide an increase in the 
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amount in effect under subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) 
equal to the percentage by which— 
‘‘(A) the average cost of undergraduate 
tuition in the United States, as determined by 
the National Center for Education Statistics, 
for the last academic year preceding the begin-
ning of the fiscal year for which the increase is 
made, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the average cost of undergraduate 
tuition in the United States, as so determined, 
for the academic year preceding the academic 
year described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—Any 
increase 
under 
paragraph (1) shall only apply to academic terms be-
ginning on or after the date on which the increase 
is made and shall be rounded to the nearest whole 
dollar amount.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF AMOUNT OF MONTHLY STI-
PENDS, INCLUDING STIPENDS FOR PART-TIME STUDY, 
DISTANCE LEARNING, AND PURSUIT OF PROGRAMS OF 
EDUCATION
AT FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER 
LEARNING.—Subparagraph (B) of section 3313(c)(1) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); 
and 
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(2) by striking clause (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing new clauses: 
‘‘(i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) 
and (iii), for each month the individual 
pursues the program of education, a 
monthly housing stipend amount equal to 
the product of— 
‘‘(I) the monthly amount of the 
basic allowance for housing payable 
under section 403 of title 37 for a 
member with dependents in pay grade 
E–5 residing in the military housing 
area that encompasses all or the ma-
jority portion of the ZIP code area in 
which is located the institution of 
higher learning at which the indi-
vidual is enrolled, multiplied by 
‘‘(II) in the case of an individual 
enrolled in a program of education— 
‘‘(aa) at a rate of pursuit of 
100 percent or greater, 100 per-
cent; 
‘‘(bb) at a rate of pursuit of 
75 percent or greater, 75 per-
cent; or 
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‘‘(cc) at a rate of pursuit of 
greater than 50 percent but less 
than 75 percent, 50 percent. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of an individual pur-
suing a program of education at a foreign 
institution of higher learning, for each 
month the individual pursues the program 
of education, a monthly housing stipend 
amount equal to the product of— 
‘‘(I) the national average of the 
monthly amount of the basic allow-
ance for housing payable under sec-
tion 403 of title 37 for a member with 
dependents in pay grade E–5, multi-
plied by 
‘‘(II) in the case of an individual 
enrolled in a program of education— 
‘‘(aa) at a rate of pursuit of 
100 percent or greater, 100 per-
cent; 
‘‘(bb) at a rate of pursuit of 
75 percent or greater, 75 per-
cent; or 
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