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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5870 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the time during 
which members of the Armed Forces serve on active duty for training 
qualifies for educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational As-
sistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2020 
Mr. LEVIN of California (for himself, Mr. PALAZZO, and Mr. RYAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the 
time during which members of the Armed Forces serve 
on active duty for training qualifies for educational as-
sistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Pro-
gram of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITION OF OTHER DUTY STATUSES TO QUALIFY 
FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) QUALIFYING DUTY.—Section 3311(b) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(including’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(including other qualifying duty 
and’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(excluding’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(including other qualifying duty 
but excluding’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or other 
qualifying duty’’ after ‘‘active duty’’. 
(b) OTHER QUALIFYING DUTY DEFINED.—Section 
3301 of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) The term ‘other qualifying duty’ means 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Duty under section 502 of title 32. 
‘‘(B) Duty for which a member is eligible 
to receive pay under section 204, 206, or 372 
of title 37.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on August 1, 2021, and shall 
apply with respect to— 
(1) academic years beginning on or after Au-
gust 1, 2021; and 
(2) service performed before, on, or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. SIMPLIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POST-9/ 
11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 3301 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘active duty’ has the meanings 
as follows (subject to the limitations specified in sec-
tions 3002(6) and 3311(b)): 
‘‘(A) Active duty as described in section 
101(21)(A) of this title. 
‘‘(B) Active duty for training as described 
in section 101(22)(A), (C), and (E) of this title. 
‘‘(C) Active duty as defined in section 
101(12) of title 32. 
‘‘(D) Full-time National Guard duty as de-
fined in section 101(19) of title 32.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on August 1, 2021, and 
shall apply with respect to— 
(1) academic years beginning on or after Au-
gust 1, 2021; and 
(2) service performed before, on, or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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