§16167 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

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Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part IV— TRAINING FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Chapter 1607— EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER OPERATIONS › § 16167

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Summary

Educational assistance under this chapter ends on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. From the day that Act became law until that four‑year end date, help can only be given to members who were already getting educational assistance for a course and who were enrolled in the period immediately before the Act became law. If a member loses eligibility because of that rule, the member may choose (in the form the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requires) to have the service that was credited under this chapter counted instead toward eligibility for educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, notwithstanding section 16163(e) or section 3322(h)(1) of title 38.

Title 10, §16167

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(a)The authority to provide educational assistance under this chapter shall terminate on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 and ending on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of that Act, educational assistance may be provided under this chapter only to a member otherwise eligible for educational assistance under this chapter who received educational assistance under this chapter for a course of study at an educational institution for the enrollment period at the educational institution that immediately preceded the date of the enactment of that Act.

(c)A member who loses eligibility for benefits under this chapter pursuant to subsection (b) shall be allowed to elect (in such form and manner as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may prescribe) to have such service previously credited toward this chapter credited towards establishing eligibility for educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, notwithstanding the provisions of section 16163(e) of this title or section 3322(h)(1) of title 38.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–92, which was approved Nov. 25, 2015.

Amendments

2017—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–48 added subsec. (c).