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.

Bill: 117-hr-2047
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time service at the request of the President or the Secretary of Defense (i.e., full-time National Guard duty). Specifically, the bill eliminates the existing requirement that eligible full-time service must be in response to a declared national emergency. The bill also specifies that training is not included as full-time service for purposes of eligibility for these members.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2047 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2021 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Bost , and Ms. Mace ) 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.

1. Expansion of eligibility for Post-9/11 educational assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty Section 3301(1)(C)(ii) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (not including training) after title 32 ; and (2) by striking for the purpose of responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by Federal funds .