Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2021
Bill: S.1349 | Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John (R-ND)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the payment of Montgomery GI Bill benefits to Selected Reserve or Ready Reserve members who are pursuing off-duty training or education as if the individuals were not also eligible to receive, or in receipt of, tuition assistance for such types of training. Under the bill, an individual who wishes to receive such benefits must elect to do so.


To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize concurrent use of 
    Department of Defense Tuition Assistance and Montgomery GI Bill-
           Selected Reserve benefits, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. CONCURRENT USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TUITION ASSISTANCE AND 
              MONTGOMERY GI BILL-SELECTED RESERVE BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 16131 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k)(1) In the case of an individual entitled to educational 
assistance under this chapter who is pursuing education or training 
described in subsection (a) or (c) of section 2007 of this title on a 
half-time or more basis, the Secretary concerned shall, at the election 
of the individual, pay the individual educational assistance allowance 
under this chapter for pursuit of such education or training as if the 
individual were not also eligible to receive or in receipt of 
educational assistance under section 2007 for pursuit of such education 
or training.
    ``(2)(A) In the case of an individual entitled to educational 
assistance under this chapter who is pursuing education or training 
described in subsection (a) or (c) of section 2007 of this title on a 
less than half-time basis, the Secretary concerned shall, at the 
election of the individual, pay the individual an educational 
assistance allowance to meet all or a portion of the charges of the 
educational institution for tuition or expenses for the education or 
training that are not paid by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned under such subsection.
    ``(B)(i) The amount of the educational assistance allowance payable 
to an individual under this paragraph for a month shall be the amount 
of the educational assistance allowance to which the individual would 
be entitled for the month under subsection (b), (d), (e), or (f).
    ``(ii) The number of months of entitlement charged under this 
chapter in the case of an individual who has been paid an educational 
assistance allowance under this paragraph shall be equal to the number 
(including any fraction) determined by dividing the total amount of 
such educational assistance allowance paid the individual by the full-
time monthly institutional rate of educational assistance which such 
individual would otherwise be paid under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
(D) of subsection (b)(1), subsection (d), subsection (e), or subsection 
(f), as the case may be.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2007(d) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or chapter 1606 of 
        this title'' after ``of title 38''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, in the case of 
        educational assistance under chapter 30 of such title, and 
        section 16131(k), in the case of educational assistance under 
        chapter 1606 of this title'' before the period at the end.
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