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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1423 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/ 
11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who per-
form certain full-time duty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2025 
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 
CISCOMANI, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. PEREZ, 
Mr. STANTON, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility 
for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the 
National Guard who perform certain full-time duty, 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 ‘‘Guard and Reserve 
GI Bill Parity Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORM CERTAIN 
FULL-TIME DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3301(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) In the case of members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces— 
‘‘(i) service on active duty (as defined 
in section 101(d) of title 10), inactive-duty 
training (as defined in section 101(d) of 
title 10), or annual training duty; or 
‘‘(ii) service on active duty under a 
call or order to active duty under section 
688, 
12301(a), 
12301(d), 
12301(g), 
12301(h), 12302, 12304, 12304a, or 
12304b of title 10 or section 3713 of title 
14, but not including inactive duty training 
(as defined in section 101(d) of title 10) or 
annual training duty.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; and 
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(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
following new clauses: 
‘‘(ii) in the National Guard when per-
forming full-time National Guard duty (as 
defined in section 101 of title 32); or 
‘‘(iii) in the National Guard when per-
forming active duty (as defined in section 
101 of title 32).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
service performed on or after September 11, 2001. 
(d) APPLICATION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF 
ENTITLEMENT.—Section 3321(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, shall apply to entitlement to educational as-
sistance acquired as a result of the amendments made by 
subsection (a) as if such amendments had been enacted 
immediately after the enactment of the Post-9/11 Vet-
erans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–252). 
Æ 
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