38 U.S.C. § 3012
Basic educational assistance entitlement for service in the Selected Reserve
United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective
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Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, each individual—
who—
after June 30, 1985, first becomes a member of the Armed Forces or first enters on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces and—
as of December 31, 1989, is eligible for educational assistance under chapter 34 of this title and was on active duty at any time during the period beginning on October 19, 1984, and ending on July 1, 1985, continued on active duty without a break in service and—
as of December 31, 1989, was eligible for educational assistance under chapter 34 of this title and—
on or after July 1, 1985—
who, after completion of the service described in clause (1) of this subsection—
The requirement of four years of service under clauses (1)(A)(ii) and (1)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) of this section is not applicable to an individual—
After an individual begins service in the Selected Reserve within one year after completion of the service described in clause (A)(i) or (B)(i) of subsection (a)(1) of this section, the continuity of service of such individual as a member of the Selected Reserve shall not be considered to be broken—
An individual who after December 31, 1976, receives a commission as an officer in the Armed Forces upon completion of a program of educational assistance under section 2107 of title 10 is not eligible for educational assistance under this section if the individual enters on active duty—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- New GI Bill Continuation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits and Programs Improvement Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
- Department of Veterans Affairs Codification ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993House: 304–100Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
- Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits ActHouse: 369–46Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000House: 417–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 2001House: 417–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001House: 416–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006House: 372–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Hubbard ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally