[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3018 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3018
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit members of the
Selected Reserve the use of Reserve Montgomery GI Bill education
benefits for payment for licensing or certification tests.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 5, 2003
Mr. Evans introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit members of the
Selected Reserve the use of Reserve Montgomery GI Bill education
benefits for payment for licensing or certification tests.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. USE OF RESERVE MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR
PAYMENT FOR LICENSING OR CERTIFICATION TESTS.
(a) In General.--Section 16131 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of educational
assistance payable under this chapter for a licensing or certification
test described in section 3452(b) of title 38, is the lesser of $2,000
or the fee charged for the test.
``(2) The number of months of entitlement charged in the case of
any individual for such licensing or certification test is equal to the
number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the total amount
of educational assistance paid such individual for such test by the
full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assistance which,
but for paragraph (1), such individual would otherwise be paid under
subsection (b).
``(3) In no event shall payment of educational assistance under
this subsection for such a test exceed the amount of the individual's
available entitlement under this chapter.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 2004, and shall apply to tests administered
on or after that date.
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