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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6100 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain servicemembers 
to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain 
servicemembers to become eligible for educational assist-
ance 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Education En-
hancement Opportunities Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN ACTIVE-DUTY PER-
SONNEL TO ENROLL UNDER THE MONT-
GOMERY GI BILL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 30 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3018C 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3018D. Opportunity for certain active-duty per-
sonnel to enroll 
‘‘(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
an individual described in subsection (b) who makes an 
irrevocable election under this section during the one-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, shall be entitled to basic educational assistance under 
this chapter. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of each military department shall 
provide for procedures for a qualified individual to make 
an irrevocable election under this section in accordance 
with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense 
for the purpose of carrying out this section or which the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for such 
purpose with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not 
operating as a service in the Navy. 
‘‘(b) An individual described in this subsection is an 
individual who— 
‘‘(1) first became a member of the Armed 
Forces or first entered on active duty as a member 
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of the Armed Forces on or after January 1, 1977, 
and before July 1, 1985; 
‘‘(2) has served on active duty without a break 
in service since the date the individual first became 
such a member or first entered on active duty as 
such a member and continues to serve on active duty 
for some or all of the one-year period referred to in 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(3) has not enrolled in the educational benefits 
program provided by chapter 32 of this title; 
‘‘(4) before making an election under this sec-
tion, has completed the requirements of a secondary 
school diploma (or equivalency certificate) or has 
successfully completed (or otherwise received aca-
demic credit for) the equivalent of 12 semester hours 
in a program of education leading to a standard col-
lege degree; and 
‘‘(5) when discharged or released from active 
duty, is discharged or released therefrom with an 
honorable discharge. 
‘‘(c)(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this 
subsection, with respect to an individual described in sub-
section (b) who makes an election under this section to 
become entitled to basic educational assistance under this 
chapter— 
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‘‘(A) the basic pay of the individual shall be re-
duced (in a manner determined by the Secretary 
concerned) until the total amount by which such 
basic pay is reduced is $2,700; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent that the basic pay of the in-
dividual is not so reduced before the qualified indi-
vidual’s discharge or release from active duty as 
specified in subsection (b)(4), at the election of the 
qualified individual, the Secretary concerned shall 
collect from the qualified individual or reduce the re-
tired or retainer pay of the qualified individual by an 
amount equal to the difference between $2,700 and 
the total amount of reductions under subparagraph 
(A), which shall be paid into the Treasury of the 
United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary concerned shall provide for an 
18-month period, beginning on the date the individual 
makes an election under this section, for the individual 
to pay that Secretary the amount due under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed 
as modifying the period of eligibility for and entitlement 
to basic educational assistance under this chapter applica-
ble under section 3031 of this title. 
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‘‘(d) With respect to individuals described in sub-
section (b) from whom the Secretary is required to collect 
an amount under paragraph (1) of subsection (c), no 
amount of educational assistance allowance under this 
chapter shall be paid to the individual until the earlier of 
the date on which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary concerned collects the appli-
cable amount under subparagraph (A) of such para-
graph; or 
‘‘(2) the retired or retainer pay of the indi-
vidual is first reduced under subparagraph (B) of 
such paragraph. 
‘‘(e) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall provide for notice of the opportunity 
under this section to elect to become entitled to basic edu-
cational assistance under this chapter.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in section 3013(d), by striking ‘‘or 3018C’’ 
and inserting ‘‘3018C, or 3018D’’; and 
(2) in section 3017(b)(1) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (C), by 
striking 
‘‘or 
3018C(e)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘3018C(e), or 3018D(c)’’; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
3018D(c)’’ after ‘‘under section 3018C(e)’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 30 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 3018C the 
following new item: 
‘‘3018D. Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to enroll.’’. 
Æ 
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