Title: GRAD VA Educational Assistance Parity Act of 2021
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Guard, Reserve, and Active Duty Department of Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Parity Act of 2021 or the GRAD VA Educational Assistance Parity Act of 2021
This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 educational assistance to members of the National Guard who perform full-time National Guard duty or full-time service in the National Guard when performing active duty.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2644 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2644

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2021

 Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guard, Reserve, and Active Duty 
Department of Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Parity Act of 
2021'' or the ``GRAD VA Educational Assistance Parity Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORM CERTAIN 
              FULL-TIME DUTY.

    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), but not including 
                        inactive duty training (as defined in section 
                        101(d) of title 10); 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).''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
                following new clauses:
                            ``(ii) in the National Guard when 
                        performing full-time National Guard duty (as 
                        defined in section 101 of title 32); or
                            ``(iii) in the National Guard when 
                        performing active duty (as defined in section 
                        101 of title 32).''.
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