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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 983
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans
	6	+	Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public institution
	7	+	of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to
	8	+	a veteran using certain educational assistance under title 10 of such
	9	+	Code, and for other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	FEBRUARY5, 2025
	12	+	Mr. V
	13	+	ANORDENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
	14	+	mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed
	15	+	Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
	16	+	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
	17	+	tion of the committee concerned
	18	+	A BILL
5	19		To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
6	20		retary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of edu-
7	21		cation offered by a public institution of higher learning
8	22		that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to a vet-
9	23		eran using certain educational assistance under title 10
10		-	of such Code, and for other purposes. 2
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	24	+	of such Code, and for other purposes.
12	25		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
13	26		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
14		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
15		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Montgomery GI Bill 4
16		-	Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025’’. 5
17		-	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DIS-6
18		-	APPROVAL OF COURSES OFFERED BY PUBLIC 7
19		-	INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT 8
20		-	DO NOT CHARGE VETERANS IN-STATE TUI-9
21		-	TION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF SELECTED RE-10
22		-	SERVE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-11
23		-	GRAM. 12
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	30	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	31	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Montgomery GI Bill 2
	32	+	Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025’’. 3
	33	+	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DIS-4
	34	+	APPROVAL OF COURSES OFFERED BY PUBLIC 5
	35	+	INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT 6
	36	+	DO NOT CHARGE VETERANS IN-STATE TUI-7
	37	+	TION RATE FOR PURPOSES OF SELECTED RE-8
	38	+	SERVE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-9
	39	+	GRAM. 10
24	40		(a) I
25		-	NGENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 3679 of 13
26		-	title 38, United States Code, is amended— 14
27		-	(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or chapter 15
28		-	1606 of title 10,’’ after ‘‘chapter 30, 31, 33, or 35 16
29		-	of this title’’; 17
30		-	(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 18
31		-	following new subparagraph: 19
32		-	‘‘(E) An individual who is entitled to assistance 20
33		-	under section 16131 of title 10.’’; and 21
34		-	(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, or chapter 22
35		-	1606 of title 10’’ before the period at the end. 23
	41	+	NGENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 3679 of 11
	42	+	title 38, United States Code, is amended— 12
	43	+	(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or chapter 13
	44	+	1606 of title 10,’’ after ‘‘chapter 30, 31, 33, or 35 14
	45	+	of this title’’; 15
	46	+	(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 16
	47	+	following new subparagraph: 17
	48	+	‘‘(E) An individual who is entitled to assistance 18
	49	+	under section 16131 of title 10.’’; and 19
	50	+	(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, or chapter 20
	51	+	1606 of title 10’’ before the period at the end. 21
36	52		(b) C
37		-	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Subsection (e) of 24
38		-	such section is amended— 25 3
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40		-	(1) in paragraph (1)— 1
41		-	(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 2
42		-	chapter 1606 of title 10,’’ after ‘‘chapter 31, 3
43		-	33, or 35 of this title’’; and 4
44		-	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 5
45		-	‘‘chapter 31 33, or 35 of this title’’ and insert-6
46		-	ing ‘‘chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this title, or chap-7
47		-	ter 1606 of title 10’’; and 8
48		-	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘chapter 31 9
49		-	33, or 35 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 31, 10
50		-	33, or 35 of this title, or chapter 1606 of title 10’’. 11
	53	+	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Subsection (e) of 22
	54	+	such section is amended— 23
	55	+	(1) in paragraph (1)— 24
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	59	+	(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 1
	60	+	chapter 1606 of title 10,’’ after ‘‘chapter 31, 2
	61	+	33, or 35 of this title’’; and 3
	62	+	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 4
	63	+	‘‘chapter 31 33, or 35 of this title’’ and insert-5
	64	+	ing ‘‘chapter 31, 33, or 35 of this title, or chap-6
	65	+	ter 1606 of title 10’’; and 7
	66	+	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘chapter 31 8
	67	+	33, or 35 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 31, 9
	68	+	33, or 35 of this title, or chapter 1606 of title 10’’. 10
51	69		(c) E
52		-	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 12
53		-	this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 13
54		-	of this Act and shall apply with respect to an academic 14
55		-	period that begins on or after August 1, 2026. 15
56		-	Passed the House of Representatives April 7, 2025.
57		-	Attest:
58		-	Clerk. 119
59		-	TH
60		-	CONGRESS
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62		-	ST
63		-	S
64		-	ESSION
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66		-	H. R. 983
67		-	AN ACT
68		-	To Amend title 38, United States Code, to direct
69		-	the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove
70		-	courses of education offered by a public institu-
71		-	tion of higher learning that does not charge the
72		-	in-State tuition rate to a veteran using certain
73		-	educational assistance under title 10 of such
74		-	Code, and for other purposes.
	70	+	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 11
	71	+	this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 12
	72	+	of this Act and shall apply with respect to an academic 13
	73	+	period that begins on or after August 1, 2026. 14
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