H.R.5870

            I 

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-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guard and Reserve 4

GI Bill Parity Act of 2020’’. 5

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SEC. 2. ADDITION OF OTHER DUTY STATUSES TO QUALIFY 1

FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 2

PROGRAM. 3

(a) QUALIFYING DUTY.—Section 3311(b) of title 38, 4

United States Code, is amended— 5

(1) by striking ‘‘(including’’ each place it ap-6

pears and inserting ‘‘(including other qualifying duty 7

and’’; 8

(2) by striking ‘‘(excluding’’ each place it ap-9

pears and inserting ‘‘(including other qualifying duty 10

but excluding’’; and 11

(3) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or other 12

qualifying duty’’ after ‘‘active duty’’. 13

(b) OTHER QUALIFYING DUTY DEFINED.—Section 14

3301 of such title is amended— 15

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 16

paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 17

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-18

lowing new paragraph (3): 19

‘‘(3) The term ‘other qualifying duty’ means 20

the following: 21

‘‘(A) Duty under section 502 of title 32. 22

‘‘(B) Duty for which a member is eligible 23

to receive pay under section 204, 206, or 372 24

of title 37.’’. 25

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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1

this section shall take effect on August 1, 2021, and shall 2

apply with respect to— 3

(1) academic years beginning on or after Au-4

gust 1, 2021; and 5

(2) service performed before, on, or after the 6

date of the enactment of this Act. 7

SEC. 3. SIMPLIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 8

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POST-9/ 9

11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 10

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 3301 of 11

title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-12

lows: 13

‘‘(1) The term ‘active duty’ has the meanings 14

as follows (subject to the limitations specified in sec-15

tions 3002(6) and 3311(b)): 16

‘‘(A) Active duty as described in section 17

101(21)(A) of this title. 18

‘‘(B) Active duty for training as described 19

in section 101(22)(A), (C), and (E) of this title. 20

‘‘(C) Active duty as defined in section 21

101(12) of title 32. 22

‘‘(D) Full-time National Guard duty as de-23

fined in section 101(19) of title 32.’’. 24

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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 1

subsection (a) shall take effect on August 1, 2021, and 2

shall apply with respect to— 3

(1) academic years beginning on or after Au-4

gust 1, 2021; and 5

(2) service performed before, on, or after the 6

date of the enactment of this Act. 7

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