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Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025
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.
Summary
This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance (GI Bill benefits) to members of the National Guard who perform certain types of duty. Specifically, it broadens the definition of qualifying service to include full-time National Guard duty and active duty performed by National Guard members under various military orders. The changes apply retroactively to service performed on or after September 11, 2001, meaning veterans may become newly eligible for benefits based on past service. The amendments take effect one year after the bill is enacted and follow the same time limitations for using benefits as existing Post-9/11 GI Bill rules.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
57 cosponsors
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R-MP)
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI)
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA)
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH)
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS)
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI)
- Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] (R-KY)
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT)
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN)
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN)
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH)
- Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11] (D-CA)
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA)
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC)
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA)
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL)
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Levin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $64,547
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO $18,365
- GOOGLE $14,450
- CHEMBRIDGE CORP $13,200
- PIMCO $13,200
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Actions (6)
- Apr 9, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
- Apr 9, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. · house
- Feb 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Ciscomani, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Perez, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORM CERTAIN FULL-TIME DUTY.
(a) In General.—Section 3301(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) 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), inactive-duty training (as defined in section 101(d) of title
10), or annual training duty; 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) or annual training duty.”; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon; and
(B) 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).”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Retroactive Applicability.—The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall apply with respect to service performed on or after September 11, 2001.
(d) Application of Time Limitation for Use of Entitlement.—Section 3321(a) of title 38, United States Code, shall apply to entitlement to educational assistance acquired as a result of the amendments made by subsection (a) as if such amendments had been enacted immediately after the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-252). <all>
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