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may submit the report more frequently and adjust the pe-
riod covered by the report accordingly. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—RESERVE COMPONENT MEM-
BERS SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER OPERATIONS 
‘‘§ 3321. Purpose 
‘‘The purpose of this subchapter is to provide edu-
cational assistance to members of the reserve components 
called or ordered to active service in response to a war 
or national emergency declared by the President or Con-
gress, in recognition of the sacrifices that those members 
make in answering the call to duty. 
‘‘§ 3322. Educational assistance program 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, shall establish and maintain a program 
as prescribed in this subchapter to provide educational as-
sistance to members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed 
Forces. The Secretary of each military department shall, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
provide to individuals who meet the eligibility require-
ments under section 3323 of this title the opportunity to 
receive educational assistance under this subchapter. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Edu-
cational assistance may be provided under this subchapter 
for pursuit of any program of education that is an ap-
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proved program of education for purposes of chapter 30 
of this title. 
‘‘(c) BENEFIT AMOUNT.—(1) The educational assist-
ance program established under subsection (a) shall pro-
vide for payment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
an educational assistance allowance to each member enti-
tled to educational assistance under this subchapter who 
is pursuing a program of education authorized under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(2) The educational assistance allowance provided 
under this subchapter shall be based on the applicable per-
cent under paragraph (4) to the applicable rate provided 
under section 3015 of this title for a member whose enti-
tlement is based on completion of an obligated period of 
active duty of three years. 
‘‘(3) The educational assistance allowance provided 
under this section for a person who is undertaking a pro-
gram for which a reduced rate is specified in chapter 30 
of this title, that rate shall be further adjusted by the ap-
plicable percent specified in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(4) The adjusted educational assistance allowance 
under paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable, shall be— 
‘‘(A) 40 percent in the case of a member of a 
reserve component who performed active service for
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90 consecutive days but less than one continuous 
year; 
‘‘(B) 60 percent in the case of a member of a 
reserve component who performed active service for 
one continuous year but less than two continuous 
years; or 
‘‘(C) 80 percent in the case of a member of a 
reserve component who performed active service for 
two continuous years or more. 
‘‘(d) MAXIMUM MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE.—(1) Sub-
ject to section 3695 of this title, the maximum number 
of months of educational assistance that may be provided 
to any member under this subchapter is 36 (or the equiva-
lent thereof in part-time educational assistance). 
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter or chapter 36 of this title, any payment of an 
educational assistance allowance described in subpara-
graph (B) shall not— 
‘‘(i) be charged against the entitlement of any 
individual under this subchapter; or 
‘‘(ii) be counted toward the aggregate period for 
which section 3695 of this title limits an individual’s 
receipt of assistance. 
‘‘(B) The payment of the educational assistance al-
lowance referred to in subparagraph (A) is the payment
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of such an allowance to the individual for pursuit of a 
course or courses under this subchapter if the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs finds that the individual— 
‘‘(i) had to discontinue such course pursuit as 
a result of being ordered to serve on active duty 
under section 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, 
or 12304 of title 10; and 
‘‘(ii) failed to receive credit or training time to-
ward completion of the individual’s approved edu-
cational, professional, or vocational objective as a re-
sult of having to discontinue, as described in clause 
(i), the individual’s course pursuit. 
‘‘(C) The period for which, by reason of this sub-
section, an educational assistance allowance is not charged 
against entitlement or counted toward the applicable ag-
gregate period under section 3695 of this title shall not 
exceed the portion of the period of enrollment in the 
course or courses for which the individual failed to receive 
credit or with respect to which the individual lost training 
time, as determined under subparagraph (B)(ii). 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE FOR LICENSING 
AND CERTIFICATION TESTS.—The provisions of section 
3301(j) of this title shall apply to the provision of edu-
cational assistance under this subchapter, except that, in 
applying such section under this subchapter, the reference
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to subsection (b) in paragraph (2) of such section is 
deemed to be a reference to subsection (c) of this section. 
‘‘(f) FLIGHT TRAINING.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may approve the pursuit of flight training (in addi-
tion to a course of flight training that may be approved 
under section 3680A(b) of this title) by an individual enti-
tled to educational 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 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘§ 3323. Eligibility for educational assistance 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—On or after September 11, 2001, 
a member of a reserve component is entitled to educational 
assistance under this subchapter if the member—
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‘‘(1) served on active duty in support of a con-
tingency operation for 90 consecutive days or more; 
or 
‘‘(2) in the case of a member of the Army Na-
tional Guard of the United States or Air National 
Guard of the United States, performed full time Na-
tional Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32 
for 90 consecutive days or more when authorized by 
the President or Secretary of Defense for the pur-
pose of responding to a national emergency declared 
by the President and supported by Federal funds. 
‘‘(b) DISABLED MEMBERS.—Notwithstanding the eli-
gibility requirements in subsection (a), a member who was 
ordered to active service as prescribed under subsection 
(a)(1) or (a)(2) but is released from duty before com-
pleting 90 consecutive days because of an injury, illness 
or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty shall 
be entitled to educational assistance under this subchapter 
at the rate prescribed in section 3322(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