S.Amdt. 4644

SA 4644. Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

SEC. 543. MODIFICATION OF BASIS FOR ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS IN AMOUNTS OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.

(a) In General.--Section 16131(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “equal to” and all that follows and inserting “not less than the percentage by which--

“(A) the average cost of undergraduate tuition in the United States, as determined by the National Center for Education Statistics, for the last academic year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds

“(B) the average cost of undergraduate tuition in the United States, as so determined, for the academic year preceding the academic year described in subparagraph (A).”.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2010, and shall apply to adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve that are made for fiscal years beginning on or after that date.