National Guard Education Equality Act

National Guard Education Equality Act - Includes as qualifying service for veterans educational assistance purposes (Post-9/11 Educational Assistance): (1) certain active duty service in the reserve components (including service such as part of an airport security mission or counterdrug activity); and (2) discharge from active duty service in the reserve components because of a service connected disability.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3554 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3554

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
  certain active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying 
 service for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2009

 Mr. Loebsack (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hall of New 
York, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Carney, Mr. 
 Cummings, Ms. Giffords, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
   Massa, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Driehaus, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. 
    Murphy of New York, Mr. Bartlett, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Mrs. 
  Dahlkemper, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, and Ms. Loretta 
    Sanchez of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
  certain active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying 
 service for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, 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 ``National Guard Education Equality 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE IN THE RESERVE 
              COMPONENTS AS QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF POST-9/
              11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 3301(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) In the case of members of the Army National 
                Guard or Air National Guard of any State, full-time 
                duty under title 32, including such duty--
                            ``(i) under orders from the Governor of a 
                        State or territory of the United States in 
                        response to a domestic emergency;
                            ``(ii) as part of the Active Guard Reserve;
                            ``(iii) as part of Air Sovereignty Alert;
                            ``(iv) as part of Operation Jumpstart;
                            ``(v) in response to Hurricane Katrina;
                            ``(vi) as part of an airport security 
                        mission; or
                            ``(vii) as part of a counterdrug 
                        activity.''.

SEC. 3. DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS FOR SERVICE-
              CONNECTED DISABILITY.

    Subparagraph (B) of section 3311(b)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) after completion of service described in 
                subparagraph (A), is discharged or released from--
                            ``(i) active duty in the Armed Forces for a 
                        service-connected disability; or
                            ``(ii) a reserve component for a service-
                        connected disability.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that 
is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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