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”.
Guard, Reserve, and Active Duty Department of Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Parity Act of 2021
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.
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—
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).”
in subparagraph (C)—
in clause (i), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon; and
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).”